---
type: Body
title: "Secretary of Education"
classification: "executive-office"
chamber: "executive"
code: "EXEC-EDUCATION-SECRETARY"
parent: "us/executive/education"
schedule_level: "I"
sources:
  - field: definition
    source: "5 U.S.C. § 5312 (Executive Schedule, Level I)"
confidence: official
tags: [body, executive, executive-office]
timestamp: "2026-07-03"
---

# Secretary of Education

Cabinet-rank office (Executive Schedule Level I, 5 U.S.C. § 5312), head of the [Department of Education](/us/executive/education/index.md).

## Empowered by the U.S. Code

289 sections of the U.S. Code vest authority in this office. A sample:

- [3 U.S.C. § 19](/legal/us/code/title-03/chapter-1/section-19.md)
- [5 U.S.C. § 5312](/legal/us/code/title-05/chapter-53/section-5312.md)
- [6 U.S.C. § 665k](/legal/us/code/title-06/chapter-1/section-665k.md)
- [7 U.S.C. § 3152](/legal/us/code/title-07/chapter-64/section-3152.md)
- [7 U.S.C. § 3362](/legal/us/code/title-07/chapter-64/section-3362.md)
- [8 U.S.C. § 1101](/legal/us/code/title-08/chapter-12/section-1101.md)
- [8 U.S.C. § 1182](/legal/us/code/title-08/chapter-12/section-1182.md)
- [8 U.S.C. § 1372](/legal/us/code/title-08/chapter-12/section-1372.md)
- [8 U.S.C. § 1522](/legal/us/code/title-08/chapter-12/section-1522.md)
- [8 U.S.C. § 1762](/legal/us/code/title-08/chapter-15/section-1762.md)
- [10 U.S.C. § 1154](/legal/us/code/title-10/chapter-58/section-1154.md)
- [10 U.S.C. § 1598](/legal/us/code/title-10/chapter-81/section-1598.md)
- [10 U.S.C. § 2036](/legal/us/code/title-10/chapter-102/section-2036.md)
- [10 U.S.C. § 2143](/legal/us/code/title-10/chapter-106a/section-2143.md)
- [10 U.S.C. § 2163](/legal/us/code/title-10/chapter-108/section-2163.md)
- [10 U.S.C. § 2174](/legal/us/code/title-10/chapter-109/section-2174.md)
- [10 U.S.C. § 2192](/legal/us/code/title-10/chapter-111/section-2192.md)
- [10 U.S.C. § 2192b](/legal/us/code/title-10/chapter-111/section-2192b.md)
- [10 U.S.C. § 2193a](/legal/us/code/title-10/chapter-111/section-2193a.md)
- [10 U.S.C. § 4703](/legal/us/code/title-10/chapter-365/section-4703.md)
- [10 U.S.C. § 4843](/legal/us/code/title-10/chapter-384/section-4843.md)
- [10 U.S.C. § 4844](/legal/us/code/title-10/chapter-384/section-4844.md)
- [10 U.S.C. § 503](/legal/us/code/title-10/chapter-31/section-503.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)
- …and 264 more (full set in data/section_authority_edges.jsonl)