---
type: Body
title: "Department of Education"
classification: "executive-department"
chamber: "executive"
code: "EXEC-EDUCATION"
head: "us/executive/education/secretary"
sources:
  - field: definition
    source: "5 U.S.C. § 101 (Executive departments)"
confidence: official
tags: [body, executive, executive-department]
timestamp: "2026-07-03"
---

# Department of Education

Executive department, established by 5 U.S.C. § 101. Headed by the [Secretary of Education](/us/executive/education/secretary.md).

## Referenced by the U.S. Code

169 sections of the U.S. Code reference this department. A sample:

- [5 U.S.C. § 101](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-1/section-101.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 406](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-4/section-406.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 422](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-4/section-422.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 5315](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-53/section-5315.md)
- [7 U.S.C. § 2204b–3](/legal/us/code/title-07/chapter-55/section-2204b-3.md)
- [7 U.S.C. § 3151b](/legal/us/code/title-07/chapter-64/section-3151b.md)
- [10 U.S.C. § 2006a](/legal/us/code/title-10/chapter-101/section-2006a.md)
- [10 U.S.C. § 2031](/legal/us/code/title-10/chapter-102/section-2031.md)
- [10 U.S.C. § 2163](/legal/us/code/title-10/chapter-108/section-2163.md)
- [10 U.S.C. § 7414](/legal/us/code/title-10/chapter-751/section-7414.md)
- [10 U.S.C. § 7421](/legal/us/code/title-10/chapter-751/section-7421.md)
- [10 U.S.C. § 7422](/legal/us/code/title-10/chapter-751/section-7422.md)
- [10 U.S.C. § 8548](/legal/us/code/title-10/chapter-855/section-8548.md)
- [10 U.S.C. § 8591](/legal/us/code/title-10/chapter-859/section-8591.md)
- [10 U.S.C. § 8592](/legal/us/code/title-10/chapter-859/section-8592.md)
- [10 U.S.C. § 8595](/legal/us/code/title-10/chapter-859/section-8595.md)
- [10 U.S.C. § 9414](/legal/us/code/title-10/chapter-951/section-9414.md)
- [10 U.S.C. § 9417](/legal/us/code/title-10/chapter-951/section-9417.md)
- [10 U.S.C. § 983](/legal/us/code/title-10/chapter-49/section-983.md)
- [12 U.S.C. § 1717](/legal/us/code/title-12/chapter-13/section-1717.md)
- [12 U.S.C. § 5535](/legal/us/code/title-12/chapter-53/section-5535.md)
- [15 U.S.C. § 1341](/legal/us/code/title-15/chapter-36/section-1341.md)
- [15 U.S.C. § 1638](/legal/us/code/title-15/chapter-41/section-1638.md)
- [15 U.S.C. § 278s](/legal/us/code/title-15/chapter-7/section-278s.md)
- [15 U.S.C. § 3718](/legal/us/code/title-15/chapter-63/section-3718.md)
- …and 144 more (full set in data/section_authority_edges.jsonl)