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The ''' | The '''[[Department of Education]]''' is a [[United States Cabinet|cabinet]]-level department of the [[Federal government of the United States|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 [[United States Department of Health and Human Services|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 Department of Education is administered by the [[United States Secretary of Education|United States secretary of education]]. It has 4,400 employees – the smallest staff of the Cabinet agencies – and a 2024 budget of $238 billion. The 2023 Budget was $274 billion, which included funding for children with disabilities (IDEA), pandemic recovery, early childhood education, Pell Grants, Title I, work assistance, among other programs. This budget was down from $637.7 billion in 2022. Its official abbreviation is '''ED''' ("DOE" refers to the [[United States Department of Energy]]) but is also abbreviated informally as "DoEd". | The Department of Education is administered by the [[United States Secretary of Education|United States secretary of education]]. It has 4,400 employees – the smallest staff of the Cabinet agencies – and a 2024 budget of $238 billion. The 2023 Budget was $274 billion, which included funding for children with disabilities (IDEA), pandemic recovery, early childhood education, Pell Grants, Title I, work assistance, among other programs. This budget was down from $637.7 billion in 2022. Its official abbreviation is '''ED''' ("DOE" refers to the [[United States Department of Energy]]) but is also abbreviated informally as "DoEd". | ||