§ 3402. — Congressional declaration of purpose.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 20USC3402]
TITLE 20--EDUCATION
CHAPTER 48--DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
SUBCHAPTER I--GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 3402. Congressional declaration of purpose
The Congress declares that the establishment of a Department of
Education is in the public interest, will promote the general welfare of
the United States, will help ensure that education issues receive proper
treatment at the Federal level, and will enable the Federal Government
to coordinate its education activities more effectively. Therefore, the
purposes of this chapter are--
(1) to strengthen the Federal commitment to ensuring access to
equal educational opportunity for every individual;
(2) to supplement and complement the efforts of States, the
local school systems and other instrumentalities of the States, the
private sector, public and private educational institutions, public
and private nonprofit educational research institutions, community-
based organizations, parents, and students to improve the quality of
education;
(3) to encourage the increased involvement of the public,
parents, and students in Federal education programs;
(4) to promote improvements in the quality and usefulness of
education through federally supported research, evaluation, and
sharing of information;
(5) to improve the coordination of Federal education programs;
(6) to improve the management and efficiency of Federal
education activities, especially with respect to the process,
procedures, and administrative structures for the dispersal of
Federal funds, as well as the reduction of unnecessary and
duplicative burdens and constraints, including unnecessary
paperwork, on the recipients of Federal funds; and
(7) to increase the accountability of Federal education programs
to the President, the Congress, and the public.
(Pub. L. 96-88, title I, Sec. 102, Oct. 17, 1979, 93 Stat. 670.)
References in Text
This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original ``this Act'',
meaning Pub. L. 96-88, Oct. 17, 1979, 93 Stat. 668, known as the
Department of Education Organization Act, which enacted this chapter,
amended sections 928, 929, 1102, 2390, 2711, and 3012 of this title,
section 19 of Title 3, The President, sections 101, 5312, and 5314 to
5316 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees, sections 2, 9,
and 11 of the Inspector General Act of 1978, set out in the Appendix to
Title 5, section 1004 of Title 21, Food and Drugs, and sections 761b,
794c, 821, 829, 873, 879, 882, 914, and 952 of Title 29, Labor, and
enacted provisions set out as notes under sections 1102 and 3401 of this
title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short
Title note set out under section 3401 of this title and Tables.
