20 U.S.C. § 3401 : US Code - Section 3401: Congressional findings

Search 20 U.S.C. § 3401 : US Code - Section 3401: Congressional findings

The Congress finds that -
(1) education is fundamental to the development of individual
citizens and the progress of the Nation;
(2) there is a continuing need to ensure equal access for all
Americans to educational opportunities of a high quality, and
such educational opportunities should not be denied because of
race, creed, color, national origin, or sex;
(3) parents have the primary responsibility for the education
of their children, and States, localities, and private
institutions have the primary responsibility for supporting that
parental role;
(4) in our Federal system, the primary public responsibility
for education is reserved respectively to the States and the
local school systems and other instrumentalities of the States;
(5) the American people benefit from a diversity of educational
settings, including public and private schools, libraries,
museums and other institutions, the workplace, the community, and
the home;
(6) the importance of education is increasing as new
technologies and alternative approaches to traditional education
are considered, as society becomes more complex, and as equal
opportunities in education and employment are promoted;
(7) there is a need for improvement in the management and
coordination of Federal education programs to support more
effectively State, local, and private institutions, students, and
parents in carrying out their educational responsibilities;
(8) the dispersion of education programs across a large number
of Federal agencies has led to fragmented, duplicative, and often
inconsistent Federal policies relating to education;
(9) Presidential and public consideration of issues relating to
Federal education programs is hindered by the present
organizational position of education programs in the executive
branch of the Government; and
(10) there is no single, full-time, Federal education official
directly accountable to the President, the Congress, and the
people.