DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

Department of Education.The cabinet-level department of the federal government responsible

for administering and coordinating most federal programs of assistance to education. • Headed by

the  Secretary  of  Education,  the  Department  includes  the  Office  of  Bilingual  Education  and

Minority  Languages  Affairs  (OBEMLA),  the  Office  of  Educational  Research  and  Improvement

(OERI), the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education (OESE), the Office of Postsecondary

Education  (OPE),  the  Office  of  Special  Education  and  Rehabilitative  Services  (OSERS),  the

Office of Student Financial (OSF), the Office of Vocational and Adult Education (OVAE), and ten

regional offices. — Abbr. DOE. [Blacks Law 8th]