20 U.S.C. § 3411
Establishment of Department; appointment of Secretary
There is established an executive department to be known as the Department of Education. The Department shall be administered, in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, under the supervision and direction of a Secretary of Education. The Secretary shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 9
cases (3 in the last 5 years), 1982–2025 · leading case: Valley Forge Christian Coll. v. Americans United for Separation of Church & State, Inc., 454 U.S. 464 (1982).
Valley Forge Christian Coll. v. Americans United for Separation of Church & State, Inc., 454 U.S. 464 (1982). “[3] See 20 U. S. C. §§ 3411 , 3441(a)(2)(P) (1976 ed.”
Nat'l Wrestling Coaches Ass'n v. Dep't of Educ., 366 F.3d 930 (D.C. Cir. 2004). “668 , 677, 691 (1979) (codified at 20 U.S.C. §§ 3411 , 3441, 3505 (2000)); 45 Fed.”
Nat'l Wrestling Coaches Ass'n v. United States Dep't of Educ., 263 F. Supp. 2d 82 (D.D.C. 2003). “669, 671 (1979); 20 U.S.C. § 3411 (2003); E.O-. 12212, 45 Fed.”
State of Indiana, Dep't of Pub. Instruction v. Bell, 728 F.2d 938 (7th Cir. 1984). “See 20 U.S.C. § 3411 (1982). . The Education Appeal Board replaced the former administrative appeal tribunal, the Title I Audit Hearing Board, in 1979.”
Campbell v. Navient Corp. (D. Del. 2020). “Plaintiff has failed to assert any basis why this Court should waive the Department of Education’s sovereign immunity under 20 U.S.C. § 3411 . “Absent a 5 waiver, sovereign immunity shields the Federal government and its agencies from suit.”
Manchanda v. Educ. Credit Mgmt. Corp. (S.D.N.Y. 2022). “See 20 U.S.C. § 3411 (establishing the DOE as an executive department of the United States).”
Tennessee v. United States Dep't of Educ. (E.D. Tenn. 2022). “1 at ¶ 17] (citing 20 U.S.C. §§ 3411 , 3441). On June 22, 2021, the Department published in the Federal Register an “Interpretation” of Title IX.”
Secular Student All. v. U.S. Dep't of Educ. (D.D.C. 2025). “20 U.S.C. § 3411 . Among its functions, the Department of Education is tasked with administering the programs established by the Higher Education Act of 1965 (“HEA”), 20 U.”
Sec'y of Educ. Review of Admin. Law Judge Decisions (OLC 1991). “under the supervision and direction of a Secretary of Education,” 20 U.S.C. § 3411 , and that “[t]he Secretary shall be responsible for the administration o f the programs authorized” by the Act.”
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