Government Operations: Department of Education: June - December, 1979

File — Box: LG 100, Folder: 12

Identifier: CAC_CC_048_1_100_12_0000

Scope and Contents

Topics include creation of a cabinet level Department of Education; Department of Education Organization Act; removal of Bureau of Indian Affairs from the new Department of Education; The Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act; impact aid; education grants; rehabilitation services removed from Department of Education; voluntary school prayer; and Education Amendments of 1980. Correspondents include United Indian Tribes of Western Oklahoma and Kansas; Democratic Study Group; Democratic Research Organization; American Federation of Teachers; Benjamin S. Rosenthal; Robert Garcia; Ernest L. Holloway, acting president Langston University; Association of Elementary School Principals of Oklahoma; Oklahoma Association of Secondary School Principals; Dante B. Fascell; Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education; Oklahoma Education Association; Walter F. Mondale, Vice President; Jack Brooks; State of Oklahoma Department of Education; and American Council on Education.

Dates

Creation: 1979

Creator

From the Collection: Steed, Thomas Jefferson, U.S. House of Representatives from Oklahoma's 4th district (1949-1981), 1904-1983 (Person)

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