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

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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Department of Education began an “administrative process” to cancel all education funding for Maine.

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