---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 U.S.C. § 2"
title: "20"
title_heading: "Education"
number: "2"
heading: "Repealed. Pub. L. 92–318, title III, § 301(b)(2)(A), June 23, 1972, 86 Stat. 332"
status: "repealed"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/20/2"
units:
  - "Chapter 1 — Office of Education"
---

# [§2. Repealed. Pub. L. 92–318, title III, § 301(b)(2)(A), June 23, 1972, 86 Stat. 332 — repealed]



## Notes

Section 1, R.S. § 516, established Office of Education and provided for purpose and duties of Office.

Section 2, R.S. § 517, provided for appointment of a Commissioner of Education to manage Office of Education.

### Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date of Repeal

Pub. L. 92–318, title III, § 301(b)(2)(A), June 23, 1972, 86 Stat. 332, provided that the repeal is effective July 1, 1972.

### Executive Documents

### Executive Order No. 11185

Ex. Ord. No. 11185, Oct. 16, 1964, 29 F.R. 14399, as amended by Ex. Ord. No. 11260, Dec. 11, 1965, 30 F.R. 15395; Ex. Ord. No. 11661, Mar. 24, 1972, 37 FR 6281, which provided for the coordination of federal education programs, was superseded by Ex. Ord. No. 11761, Jan. 17, 1974, 39 F.R. 2345, formerly set out under section 1221 of this title.