Remind me again, what were the reasons given for establishing the Dept. of Education?
From Wikipedia:
The United States Department of Education is a Cabinet-level department of the United States government. It began operating on May 4, 1980, having been created after the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare was split into the Department of Education and the Department of Health and Human Services by the Department of Education Organization Act, which President Jimmy Carter signed into law on October 17, 1979.
The President’s 2023 Budget request is for [$]88.3 billion, which includes funding for children with disabilities (IDEA), pandemic recovery, early childhood education, Pell Grants, Title I, work assistance, among other programs.
The Department identifies four key functions:
Establishing policies on federal financial aid for education, and distributing as well as monitoring those funds.
Collecting data on America’s schools and disseminating research.
Focusing national attention on key educational issues.
Prohibiting discrimination and ensuring equal access to education.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Education
Related legislation
1965: Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA)
1965: Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA) (Pub. L. No. 89-329)
1974: Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)
1974: Equal Educational Opportunities Act of 1974 (EEOA)
1975: Education for All Handicapped Children Act (EHA) (Pub. L. No. 94-142)
1978: Protection of Pupil Rights Amendment
1980: Department of Education Organization Act (Pub. L. No. 96-88)
1984: Equal Access Act
1990: The Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act (Clery Act)
1994: Improving America’s Schools Act of 1994
2001: No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB)
2004: Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
2005: Higher Education Reconciliation Act of 2005 (HERA) (Pub. L. No. 109-171)
2006: Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Improvement Act
2007: America COMPETES Act
2008: Higher Education Opportunity Act (HEOA) (Pub. L. No. 110-315)
2009: Race to the Top
2009: Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act
2010: Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010
2015: Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Education
And if that isn’t enough to bog your minds and eat up your tax dollars that could be used for teaching, they have more mischief in the works.