Department of Education Organization Act

Department of Education Organization Act
Long title	An act to establish a Department of Education, and for other purposes.
Enacted by	the 96th United States Congress
Citations
Public law	Pub. L. 96–88
Statutes at Large	93 Stat. 668
Legislative history
	Introduced in the Senate as S. 210 by Abraham Ribicoff (D–CT) on January 24, 1979; Committee consideration by Senate Governmental Affairs; Passed the Senate on April 30, 1979 (72–21); Signed into law by President Jimmy Carter on October 17, 1979;
Major amendments
	No Child Left Behind Act of 2002

The Department of Education Organization Act is a United States federal law enacted in 1979, which created the Department of Education. The new department was split off from the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, which the Act also renamed the Department of Health and Human Services.^[1]

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