DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Definition & Meaning

Department of Education

noun

the department of the U.S. federal government that administers federal programs dealing with education: created in 1979, largely by transfer from part of the former Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. : ED

Department of Education

A department of the federal executive branch responsible for providing federal aid to educational institutions and financial aid to students, keeping national educational records, and conducting some educational research.

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On Wednesday, President Trump signed an executive order directing the Department of Education to ramp up enforcement of the rule.

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And it comes two weeks after the California Department of Education defended the legality of DEI efforts in a letter to school district superintendents.

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"This government inherited a sector facing serious financial risk and has taken tough decisions to fix the foundations of higher education," the Department of Education said.

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According to a state Department of Education statement, the Department of Public Health oversees the California law that “outlines the rules for mandatory immunizations.”

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Federal officials contend the California law illegally violates the right of parents to receive school records related to their children and have launched an investigation into the California Department of Education for enforcing it.

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