---
kind: "section"
citation: "36 U.S.C. § 151102"
title: "36"
title_heading: "Patriotic and National Observances, Ceremonies, and Organizations"
number: "151102"
heading: "Purposes"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/36/151102"
units:
  - "Subtitle II — Patriotic and National Organizations"
  - "Part B — Organizations"
  - "Chapter 1511 — National Education Association of the United States"
---

# §151102. Purposes


The purposes of the [corporation](/usc/36/220501.md?p=b-7) are—

- (1) to elevate the character and advance the interests of the profession of teaching; and
- (2) to promote the cause of education in the United States.

## Source credit

(Pub. L. 105–225, Aug. 12, 1998, 112 Stat. 1397.)

## Notes

| Historical and Revision Notes |  |  |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Revised<br>Section | Source (U.S. Code) | Source (Statutes at Large) |
| 151102 | 36:5302 (1st sentence). | June 30, 1906, ch. 3929, § 2 (1st sentence), 34 Stat. 805. |

Before clause (1), the word “object” is omitted as included in “purposes”.