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United States Department of Education

For the earlier incarnation with the same name, established in 1867, see United States Office of Education.

United States
Department of Education
Seal of the United States Department of Education
Flag of the United States Department of Education

Lyndon Baines Johnson Department of Education Building, Department Headquarters
Department overview
FormedOctober 17, 1979 (1979-10-17)
Preceding agencies
JurisdictionFederal government of the United States
HeadquartersLyndon Baines Johnson Department of Education Building, 400 Maryland Avenue, Southwest, Washington, D.C., U.S. 20202
38°53′11.5″N 77°1′7.9″W / 38.886528°N 77.018861°W / 38.886528; -77.018861
Employees4,200 (2025)[1]
Annual budget$238.04 billion (2024)[2]
Department executives
Key document
Websiteed.gov

The United States Department of Education is a cabinet-level department of the United States government, originating in 1980. The department 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.[3][4] An earlier iteration was formed in 1867 but was quickly demoted to the Office of Education a year later.[5]

The Department of Education is administered by the United States secretary of education. In 2021 it had more than 4,000 employees – the smallest staff of the Cabinet agencies[6] – and a 2024 budget of $268 billion, up from $14 billion when it was established in 1979. In 2025, the department's budget was about four percent of the total US federal spending.[7]

Its official abbreviation is ED ("DOE" refers to the United States Department of Energy) but is also abbreviated informally as "DoEd".[8]

On March 11, 2025, seven weeks after Donald Trump's second term began and Trump founded the Department of Government Efficiency, the department announced it would be firing nearly half of its workforce.[9][10] The Trump administration signed an order on March 20, 2025, aimed at closing the department to the maximum extent allowed by law;[11][12] the department cannot be entirely closed without the approval of Congress, which created it.[13][14]

  1. ^ "An Overview of the U.S. Department of Education-- Pg 5". www.ed.gov. US Department of Education. Retrieved March 2, 2025.
  2. ^ "Department of Education (ED) | Spending Profile (FY 2024)". USAspending.gov. Retrieved October 12, 2024.
  3. ^ Pub. L. 96–88, S. 210, 93 Stat. 668, enacted October 17, 1979
  4. ^ Kosar, Kevin R. (April 15, 2011). "Department of Education Organization Act, 1979". Federal Education Policy History. Retrieved May 2, 2024.
  5. ^ "Thirty-ninth congress. Session II. Chapter 157, 158, 159. Year 1867. An Act to establish a Department of Education" (PDF). The Library of Congress. July 6, 2024. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 16, 2024. Retrieved March 6, 2025.
  6. ^ "Federal Role in Education". www2.ed.gov. June 15, 2021. Retrieved April 28, 2022.
  7. ^ "What does the Department of Education do?". usafacts.org. USA Facts. Retrieved March 2, 2025.
  8. ^ "EdFacts Acronym List" (PDF). U.S. Department of Education. Retrieved March 20, 2025.
  9. ^ Cochran, Lexi Lonas (March 11, 2025). "Department of Education lays off nearly half of workforce". The Hill. Archived from the original on March 30, 2025. Retrieved April 7, 2025.
  10. ^ "U.S. Department of Education Initiates Reduction in Force". U.S. Department of Education. March 11, 2025. Retrieved April 7, 2025.
  11. ^ Bender, Michael C. (March 20, 2025). "Trump signs an order aimed at eliminating the education dept". The New York Times. Retrieved March 20, 2025.
  12. ^ "Improving Education Outcomes by Empowering Parents, States, and Communities". The White House. March 20, 2025. Retrieved March 21, 2025.
  13. ^ Bender, Michael C. (March 19, 2025). "Trump is said to sign an executive order on Thursday aimed at dismantling the Education Department". The New York Times. Retrieved March 19, 2025.
  14. ^ "Trump orders a plan to dismantle the Education Department while keeping some core functions". AP News. March 19, 2025. Retrieved March 20, 2025.
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