20 USC Ch. 48: Front Matter
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CHAPTER 48-DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
SUBCHAPTER I-GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec.
3401.
Congressional findings.
3402.
Congressional declaration of purpose.
3403.
Relationship with States.
(a)
Rights of local governments and educational institutions.
(b)
Curriculum, administration, and personnel; library resources.
(c)
Funding under pre-existing programs.
3404.
Definitions.
SUBCHAPTER II-ESTABLISHMENT OF THE DEPARTMENT
3411.
Establishment of Department; appointment of Secretary.
3412.
Principal officers.
(a)
Deputy Secretary of Education.
(b)
Assistant Secretaries and General Counsel.
(c)
Inspector General.
(d)
Under Secretary of Education.
(e)
Additional officers.
(f)
Statements of functions of nominees.
(g)
Supervision by Secretary.
(h)
Coordination of literacy related functions by Assistant Secretary for Vocational and Adult Education.
(i)
Liaison for Community and Junior Colleges.
3413.
Office for Civil Rights.
(a)
Establishment; administration; delegation of functions.
(b)
Compliance and enforcement reports; copies submitted to Secretary.
(c)
Authority of Assistant Secretary.
3414.
Office of Elementary and Secondary Education; inclusion of Office of Migrant Education.
3415.
Office of Postsecondary Education.
3416.
Office of Vocational and Adult Education.
3417.
Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services.
3418.
Repealed.
3419.
Office of Educational Research and Improvement.
3420.
Office of Bilingual Education and Minority Languages Affairs.
3421.
Office of General Counsel.
3422.
Office of Inspector General.
3423.
Repealed.
3423a.
Office of Correctional Education.
(a)
Findings.
(b)
Statement of purpose.
(c)
Establishment of Office.
(d)
Functions of Office.
(e)
Definitions.
3423b.
Office of Non-Public Education.
3423c.
Office of Indian Education.
(a)
Office of Indian Education.
(b)
Director.
(c)
Indian preference in employment.
3423d.
Office of Bilingual Education and Minority Languages Affairs.
(a)
Establishment.
(b)
Director.
3424.
Federal Interagency Committee on Education.
(a)
Establishment and function.
(b)
Coordination of Federal programs, policies and practices.
(c)
Membership.
(d)
Designation of additional persons to attend meetings.
(e)
Federal vocational education and training programs study; report.
(f)
Required meetings; establishment of subcommittees.
(g)
Support assistance.
3425.
Office of Educational Technology.
(a)
Establishment.
(b)
Director.
(c)
Officers and employees.
(d)
Experts and consultants.
3426.
Liaison for Proprietary Institutions of Higher Education.
(a)
Establishment.
(b)
Appointment.
(c)
Duties.
SUBCHAPTER III-TRANSFERS OF AGENCIES AND FUNCTIONS
3441.
Transfers from Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.
(a)
Functions transferred to Secretary.
(b)
Offices, etc., transferred to Department.
(c)
Administrative functions transferred to Secretary.
(d)
Reservation of functions relating to Project Head Start.
3442.
Repealed.
3443.
Transfers from Department of Labor.
(a)
Functions relating to programs for the education of migrant and seasonal farmworkers.
(b)
Authorization to conduct functions.
3444.
Transfer of programs from National Science Foundation.
(a)
Science education; exceptions.
(b)
Authority of Secretary; consultation and advice.
(c)
Report by Secretary.
(d)
Reservation of certain Foundation authority.
3445.
Transfers from Department of Justice.
3446.
Transfers from Department of Housing and Urban Development.
3447.
Effect of transfers.
SUBCHAPTER IV-ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
Part A-Personnel Provisions
3461.
Officers and employees.
(a)
Appointment and compensation.
(b)
Applicability of General Schedule; termination of authority; exemption from limitations on executive positions.
(c)
Repealed.
(d)
Senior Executive Service.
(e)
Indian preference laws.
3462.
Experts and consultants.
(a)
In general.
(b)
Special rule.
3463.
Personnel reduction and annual limitations.
(a)
Work-years limitation; allocations; adjustments.
(b)
Full-time equivalent personnel reductions.
(c)
Personnel computations.
(d)
Report on effects of reorganization on employees.
Part B-General Administrative Provisions
3471.
General authority.
(a)
Force and effect of actions by Secretary.
(b)
Reporting requirements.
3472.
Delegation of functions.
3473.
Reorganization of Department.
(a)
Authorization; limitations.
(b)
Alteration, consolidation, or discontinuance of statutory and organizational entities.
3474.
Rules and regulations.
3475.
Contracts.
(a)
Authorization of Secretary.
(b)
Limitations.
3476.
Regional and field offices.
3477.
Acquisition and maintenance of property.
(a)
Authorized properties; establishment of necessary facilities.
(b)
Day care center facilities.
(c)
Special purpose facilities.
3478.
Facilities at remote locations.
(a)
Authorized services, supplies and facilities.
(b)
Reimbursements.
(c)
Appropriation credits and refunds.
3479.
Use of facilities.
(a)
Federal, State, local and foreign government facilities.
(b)
Public and private permittees.
(c)
Appropriation credits and refunds.
(d)
Interests in real property.
3480.
Copyrights and patents.
3481.
Gifts and bequests.
3482.
Technical advice.
(a)
Authorization.
(b)
Consolidation of applications for grants and contracts.
3483.
Working capital fund.
(a)
Establishment; administrative services included.
(b)
Capital; reimbursement of funds; credit; miscellaneous receipts; transfers.
3484.
Funds transfer.
3485.
Seal of Department.
3486.
Annual report.
(a)
Contents.
(b)
Estimate on non-Federal personnel employed.
3487.
Repealed.
3488.
Authorization of appropriations.
3489.
General extension of authorizations.
SUBCHAPTER V-TRANSITIONAL, SAVINGS, AND CONFORMING PROVISIONS
3501.
Transfer and allocation of appropriations and personnel.
(a)
Personnel and appropriations in connection with functions and offices transferred by this chapter; use of unexpended funds.
(b)
Positions specified to carry out functions or offices transferred by this chapter.
3502.
Effect on personnel.
(a)
Non-separation or non-reduction in grade or compensation of full-time personnel and part-time personnel holding permanent positions.
(b)
Positions compensated in accordance with Executive Schedule.
3503.
Agency terminations.
(a)
Specific terminations.
(b)
Positions authorized to be compensated at rate prescribed for level IV or V of the Executive Schedule.
3504.
Incidental transfers.
(a)
Authorization of Director of Office of Management and Budget; termination of affairs.
(b)
Transfer of positions within Senior Executive Service.
3505.
Savings provisions.
(a)
Orders, determinations, etc.
(b)
Proceedings and applications; transfer.
(c)
Actions.
(d)
Liabilities incurred.
(e)
Parties.
(f)
Review.
3506.
Separability.
3507.
Existing references to transferor officials or bodies deemed references to transferee officials or bodies.
3508.
Department of Health and Human Services.
(a)
Redesignation of Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.
(b)
Reference to Department, Secretary, etc., of Health, Education, and Welfare deemed reference to Department, Secretary, etc., of Health and Human Services.
3509.
Coordination of programs for handicapped.
3510.
Transitional provisions.
Chapter Referred to in Other Sections
This chapter is referred to in sections 1221, 6104 of this title.