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Departments (6)
Federal Student Aid Reorganizing
The office behind the FAFSA, Pell Grants, and a 1.6 trillion dollar portfolio of student loans held by 42 million borrowers
Institute of Education Sciences Reorganizing
The Education Department's research, evaluation, and statistics arm
National Center for Education Statistics Reorganizing
The federal statistical agency for education data and the home of the Nation's Report Card
Office for Civil Rights (Education) Reorganizing
The Education Department office that enforces civil rights laws in schools and colleges, including Title VI and Title IX
Office of Special Education Programs Reorganizing
The Education Department office that administers the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
The Department of Education Reorganizing
Student loans and grants, aid to low-income schools and students with disabilities, civil rights enforcement, and education statistics
Agencies (14)
AmeriCorps Reorganizing
The federal agency for national service that funds stipended members and senior volunteers working in American communities
Commission of Fine Arts
The independent commission that reviews the design of federal buildings, memorials, coins, and medals and guards the appearance of the nation's capital
Corporation for Public Broadcasting Reorganizing
The private nonprofit corporation created by Congress to fund public radio and television, which began winding down after Congress rescinded its funding in 2025
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare Merged
The cabinet department created in 1953 for federal health, education, and social welfare programs, split in 1979 into the Departments of Health and Human Services and Education
Federal Security Agency Merged
The non-cabinet agency that gathered Social Security, public health, education, and food and drug programs from 1939 until it became the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare in 1953
Freedmen's Bureau Dissolved
The Reconstruction agency that aided formerly enslaved people with food, schools, labor contracts, and legal help in the South from 1865 to 1872
Institute of Museum and Library Services Reorganizing
The independent agency that is the main federal funder of the nation's public libraries and museums
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
The private, nonprofit institutions chartered by Congress to give the nation independent, expert advice on science, engineering, and health
National Endowment for the Humanities Reorganizing
The independent agency that funds research, education, preservation, and public programs in history, literature, and philosophy
Office of Economic Opportunity Dissolved
The War on Poverty agency in the Executive Office of the President that launched Head Start, Job Corps, VISTA, and community action programs from 1964 to 1975
Smithsonian Institution
The trust instrumentality created by Congress from a British scientist's bequest that runs the national museums, the National Zoo, and research centers
The National Science Foundation Reorganizing
The federal funder of basic research in every field of science and engineering except medicine
U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum
The national memorial and museum to the Holocaust on the National Mall, a public-private institution governed by a presidentially appointed council
U.S. Information Agency Merged
The Cold War public diplomacy agency that ran Voice of America, American libraries abroad, and exchanges such as the Fulbright Program from 1953 to 1999
Documents & Cases (1)
Cooper v. Aaron (1958)
The Little Rock case in which all nine justices declared that state officials are bound by the Supreme Court's interpretation of the Constitution
States & Local (1)
School Boards and School Districts
The roughly 13,000 local school districts and elected boards that run public education, funded mainly by local property taxes and state aid
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