EDU 6316: School Law Administration

"ED is the agency of the federal government that establishes policy for, administers, and coordinates most federal assistance to education."

From this page, you can see the Department of Education's 17 offices and determine their relationship to law.

This page has laws and policy as it pertains to the following: preschool to grade 12, higher education, civil rights, individuals with disabilities, FERPA, and hearings and appeals.

"Learn more about Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability in programs or activities that receive federal financial assistance from the U.S. Department of Education."

On this page "are the regulations at 34 CFR Part 99 implementing section 444 of the General Education Provision Act (GEPA), which is commonly referred to as the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), and Federal Register Notices of amendments to FERPA."

"The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is a law that makes available a free appropriate public education to eligible children with disabilities throughout the nation and ensures special education and related services to those children."

The NCES is a part of the IES (Institute of Education Sciences), which is the research arm of the Department of education. "Since 1867, NCES has been the federal statistical agency responsible for collecting, analyzing, and reporting data on the condition of U.S. education—from early childhood to adult education—to help improve student outcomes. "

"The majority of the federal programs, activities, and benefits supportive of education at the elementary, secondary, and postsecondary levels are authorized by only a few major education laws." This site describes eight federal laws that are administrated by the U.S. Department of Education.

"Civil rights laws enforced by ED extend to all state education agencies, elementary and secondary school systems, colleges and universities, vocational schools, proprietary schools, state vocational rehabilitation agencies, libraries, and museums that receive U.S. Department of Education funds. "