---
kind: "section"
citation: "34 C.F.R. § 3.2"
title: "34"
number: "3.2"
heading: "Description."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/34/3.2"
---

# §3.2. Description.


The Official Seal of the Department of Education is described as follows: Standing upon a mound, an oak tree with black trunk and limbs and green foliage in front of a gold rising sun, issuing gold rays on a light blue disc, enclosed by a dark blue border with gold edges bearing the inscription “DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION” above a star at either side of the words “UNITED STATES OF AMERICA” in smaller letters in the base; letters and stars in white. The Offical Seal of the Department is modified when used in reproductions in black and white and when embossed. As so modified, it appears below.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 20 U.S.C. 3472 and 3485, unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 45 FR 86491, Dec. 31, 1980, unless otherwise noted.