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Pa 326 Department Of Education

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Ajoni Wheeler
Dr. Flatue
PA 326 Fiscal Administration
Department of Education Paper

The U.S. Department of Education is an agency of the federal government that is in charge of operating the implementation of education in the United States. It is surprisingly the smallest cabinet of all the federal departments. Their job is to create policy for, those who teach and coordinate federal monetary funds that assists state education departments. The department is run and headed by the secretary of education, on the federal level of government. The head of the department has the job of assisting the president in executing his education policies for the nation and in implementing laws enacted by Congress. …show more content…

The federal government’s role focuses on providing federal funds to state departments of education. Funding promotes programs that reinforces what children are being taught in the classroom. Such as teaching students how to read, promoting science or help students attend college, among a number of others things.
The department of education was first established in 1867 by President Andrew Jackson. It was recognized as a non-cabinet-level agency in charge of collecting information on schools and teaching to help states establish effective school systems. Almost immediately, critics of the new agency surfaced. Their concerns were that local schools would possibly be subjected to excessive control by the department. As a result, the following year, the department was reduced to a minor office, ultimately buried inside the Department of the Interior. It was operated by four employees on a budget of …show more content…

Money however is not dispersed as the leisure of the federal government or whenever states say they need it. In order for states to qualify for federal funds they must meet a strict set of federal rules and requirements. The department’s elementary and secondary programs annually serve more than 14,000 school districts with 56 million students attending both private and public schools; resulting in 100,000 public schools and 34,000 private schools. Department programs also provide grant, loan, and work-study assistance to nearly 11 million postsecondary students. Their job also involves and requires the promoting of student achievement. By ensuring equal access to education and prohibiting discrimination. It also focuses national attention on key educational issues, assembles data on the nation’s schools, and disseminates educational research.
Federal education funding is distributed to states and school districts through a variety of competitive grant programs. While the federal government contributes about 13 percent of direct funding for elementary and secondary schools nationally, the amount varies from state to

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