---
type: "LegalText"
title: "20 U.S.C. § 5811"
description: "Purpose"
jurisdiction: "us"
corpus: "united_states_code"
kind: "code_section"
title_number: 20
title_name: "EDUCATION"
chapter_number: "68"
chapter_name: "NATIONAL EDUCATION REFORM"
section: "5811"
citation: "20 U.S.C. § 5811"
status: "current"
release_point: "119-100"
release_date: "2026-06-26"
source: "official"
source_url: "https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc20@119-100.zip"
source_identifier: "/us/usc/t20/s5811"
source_file: "data/legal/raw/us/code/title-20/usc20.xml"
source_hash: "aaa4b32602c0a5047f1d576524579324bf35b11042290d8afc1763038eeebcd9"
raw_snapshot_hash: "6022872c5d6a3398d1728f82f8cefcb58db9f5ff548e2a636450be1e4a8bb052"
text_hash: "14398cd41a66cb2b082c2a645f7b977ebcb72d6c599cb6369e79eb173b8d0399"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-04"
confidence: "official"
tags: ["legal", "us-code"]
---

# 20 U.S.C. § 5811 - Purpose

## Text

The purpose of this subchapter is to establish National Education Goals.

(Pub. L. 103–227, title I, § 101, Mar. 31, 1994, 108 Stat. 130.)