The Department of Education Organization Act is signed into law creating the US Department of Education and US Department of Health and Human Services.
- It is the smallest Cabinet-level department with about 5,000 employees.
- In 1980, Ronald Reagan promised to eliminate the Department of Education.
- In 1994, the Republican Party made abolition of the Department of Education as part of their campaign platform
- In 1996, Senator Bob Dole promised to cut out the Department of Education from government
- In 2000, the Republican Livery Caucus passed a resolution to abolish the Department.
- Under President George W. Bush, the Department primarily focused on elementary and secondary education, expanding its reach through the "No Child Left Behind" law. The Department's budget increased 69.6% between 2002 and 2004 as test scores for basic educational knowledge and graduation rates started to decline.
It's been downhill from there.
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