---
kind: "unit"
title: "20"
title_heading: "Education"
key: "ch48/schII"
level: "subchapter"
label: "Subchapter II"
heading: "Establishment of the Department"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/20/ch48-schII"
sections_count: 21
---

# Subchapter II — Establishment of the Department

Title 20 — Education › Chapter 48 — Department of Education

## Sections

- [§3411. Establishment of Department; appointment of Secretary](/usc/20/3411.md)
- [§3412. Principal officers](/usc/20/3412.md)
- [§3413. Office for Civil Rights](/usc/20/3413.md)
- [§3414. Office of Elementary and Secondary Education; inclusion of Office of Migrant Education](/usc/20/3414.md)
- [§3415. Office of Postsecondary Education](/usc/20/3415.md)
- [§3416. Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education](/usc/20/3416.md)
- [§3417. Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services](/usc/20/3417.md)
- [§3418. Repealed.](/usc/20/3418.md)
- [§3419. Institute of Education Sciences](/usc/20/3419.md)
- [§3420. Office of English Language Acquisition, Language Enhancement, and Academic Achievement for Limited English Proficient Students](/usc/20/3420.md)
- [§3421. Office of General Counsel](/usc/20/3421.md)
- [§3422. Office of Inspector General](/usc/20/3422.md)
- [§3423. Repealed.](/usc/20/3423.md)
- [§3423a. Office of Correctional Education](/usc/20/3423a.md)
- [§3423b. Office of Non-Public Education](/usc/20/3423b.md)
- [§3423c. Office of Indian Education](/usc/20/3423c.md)
- [§3423d. Office of English Language Acquisition, Language Enhancement, and Academic Achievement for Limited English Proficient Students](/usc/20/3423d.md)
- [§3424. Federal Interagency Committee on Education](/usc/20/3424.md)
- [§3425. Office of Educational Technology](/usc/20/3425.md)
- [§3426. Liaison for Proprietary Institutions of Higher Education](/usc/20/3426.md)
- [§3427. Coordinator for the outlying areas](/usc/20/3427.md)