    [United States Government Manual]
    [June 15, 2003]
    [Pages 204-211]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

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    DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

    400 Maryland Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20202

    Phone, 800-USA-LEARN (toll free). Internet, www.ed.gov.
    SECRETARY OF EDUCATION                            Roderick R. Paige
        Chief of Staff                                John Danielson
        Director, Office of Public Affairs            John Gibbons
        General Counsel                               Brian W. Jones
        Inspector General                             John P. Higgins, Jr.
        Assistant Secretary for Legislation           Karen Johnson
                and Congressional Affairs
        Assistant Secretary for                       Laurie M. Rich
                Intergovernmental and
                Interagency Affairs
        Deputy Secretary                              William D. Hansen
            Chief Financial Officer                   Jack Martin
            Chief Information Officer                 William Leidinger
            Assistant Secretary for                   William Leidinger
                    Management
            Assistant Secretary for Civil             Gerald A. Reynolds
                    Rights
            Chief Operating Officer for               Theresa A. Shaw
                    Federal Student Aid
        Under Secretary                               Eugene Hickok
            Director, Institute of Education          Grover J. Whitehurst
                    Sciences
            Assistant Secretary for                   Eugene Hickok, Acting
                    Elementary and Secondary
                    Education
            Assistant Secretary for                   Sally Stoup
                    Postsecondary Education
            Assistant Secretary for Special           Robert H. Pasternack
                    Education and
                    Rehabilitative Services
            Assistant Secretary for                   Carol D'Amico
                    Vocational and Adult
                    Education
            Director, Office of English               Maria H. Ferrier
                    Language Acquisition,
                    Language Enhancement,
                    and Academic Achievement
                    for Limited English
                    Proficient Students
            Deputy Under Secretary, Office            Eric G. Andell
                    of Safe and Drug Free
                    Schools
            Deputy Under Secretary, Office            Nina Shokraii Rees
                    of Innovation and
                    Improvement

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    The Department of Education establishes policy for, administers, and
    coordinates most Federal assistance to education. Its mission is to
    ensure equal access to education and to promote educational excellence
    throughout the Nation.

    The Department of Education was created by the Department of Education
    Organization Act (20 U.S.C. 3411) and is administered under the
    supervision and direction of the Secretary of Education.
    Secretary  The Secretary of Education advises the President on education
    plans, policies, and programs of the Federal Government and serves as
    the chief executive officer of the Department, coordinating and
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    Department activities, providing support and encouragement to States and
    localities on matters related to education, and focusing the resources
    of the Department and the attention of the country on ensuring equal
    access to education and promoting educational excellence throughout the
    Nation.

    Activities

    Institute of Education Sciences  The Institute of Education Sciences was
    formally established by Education Sciences Reform Act 2002. The
    Institute includes national education centers focused on research,
    statistics, and evaluation, and is the mechanism through which the
    Department supports the activities needed to improve education policy
    and practice.
    Elementary and Secondary Education  The Office of Elementary and
    Secondary Education directs, coordinates, and formulates policy for the
    Department's activities relating to early childhood, elementary, and
    secondary education. Included are grants and contracts to State
    educational agencies and local school districts, postsecondary schools,
    and nonprofit organizations for the education of disadvantaged, migrant,
    and Indian children; enhancement of State student achievement assessment
    systems; improvement of reading instruction; impact aid; technology; and
    after-school learning programs. The Office also focuses on providing
    children with the readiness skills and support they need in early
    childhood so they are ready to learn when they enter school and on
    improving the quality of teachers and other instructional staff.
    English Language Acquisition  The Officeof English Language Acquisition,
    Language Enhancement, and Academic Achievement for Limited English
    Proficient Students provides national leadership in promoting high-
    quality education and academic success for the Nation's population of
    English language learners.
    Federal Student Aid  The Office of Federal Student Aid (FSA) provides
    financial assistance through grants and work and loan programs to
    students pursuing a postsecondary education. The Federal student
    financial aid programs include: Stafford loans; parent loans for
    undergraduate students; supplemental loans for students; Federal insured
    student loans; consolidated loans; Perkins loans; income contingent
    loans; Pell grants; the College Work-Study Program; supplemental
    educational opportunities grants; and State student incentive grants.
    FSA also works to improve credit management and debt collection through
    the collection of defaulted student loans under the Guaranteed Student
    Loan Program and the Law Enforcement Education Program, and the
    collection of overpayments in the Pell Grant Program and Supplemental
    Educational Opportunities Grant Program.
    Innovation and Improvement  The Office of Innovation and Improvement
    (OII) oversees competitive grantprograms that support the trial of
    innovations in the education system and disseminates the lessons learned
    from these trials. OII administers, coordinates, and recommends policy
    for improving the quality of progrms and activities designed to support
    and test innovations throughout the K-12 system in areas such as
    alternate routes to certification, traditional teaching of American
    history, dropout prevention, and arts in education. The Office also
    encourages the establishment of charter schools through planning, start-
    up funding, and approaches to credit enhancement for charter school
    facilities. The expansion of parental options and information is
    encouraged through alternatives including magnet schools, public school
    choice, and non-public education, and by working with community
    organizations to inform parents of their options. In this role, the
    Office serves as the Department's liaison and resource to the non-public
    education community. In addition, OII oversees the Family Policy
    Compliance Office and manages the Fund for the Improvement of Education.
    Postsecondary Education  The Office of Postsecondary Education
    formulates policy and directs and coordinates programs for assistance to
    postsecondary

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    educational institutions and students pursuing a postsecondary
    education. Programs include assistance for the improvement and expansion
    of American educational resources for international studies and
    services, grants to improve instruction in crucial academic subjects,
    and construction assistance for academic facilities.
    Safe and Drug-Free Schools  The Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools
    (OSDFS) administers, coordinates, and recommends policy for improving
    drug and violence prevention programs. OSDFS, in partnership with State
    and local educational agencies and public and private nonprofit
    organizations, supports and provides funding for efforts to create safe
    schools, respond to crises, prevent drug and alcohol abuse, ensure the
    health and well-being of students, and teach students good citizenship
    and character. The Office coordinates Department efforts in these areas
    with other Federal agencies and also leads the Department of Education's
    homeland security efforts. OSDFS also participates in the formulation
    and development of program policy, legislative proposals, and developing
    administration policies related to violence and drug prevention. The
    Office drafts program regulations, advises the Secretary on the
    formulation of comprehensive school health education policy, and
    develops a national researchagenda with other Federal agencies. OSDFS
    also administers the Department's character, citizenship, and civic
    education programs and gives guidance on correctional education issues
    and provides financial assistance to States and local entities
    implementing correctional education programs.
    Special Education and Rehabilitative Services  The Office of Special
    Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS) provides leadership to
    ensure that people with disabilities have services, resources, and equal
    opportunities to learn, work, and live as fully integrated, contributing
    members of society. OSERS supports programs that serve millions of
    disabled children, youth, and adults. It coordinates the activities of
    the Office of Special Education Programs, which works to help States
    provide quality educational opportunities and early-intervention
    services to help students with disabilities achieve their goals. OSERS
    supports State vocational rehabilitation programs that give disabled
    people the education, job training, and job placement services they need
    to gain meaningful employment. It supports research and technological
    programs that are crafting blueprints for a barrier-free, inclusive
    society.
    Vocational and Adult Education  The Office of Vocational and Adult
    Education administers grant, contract, and technical assistance programs
    for vocational-technical education and for adult education and literacy.
    Regional Offices  Each regional office serves as a center for the
    dissemination of information and provides technical assistance to State
    and local educational agencies and other institutions and individuals
    interested in Federal education activities. Offices are located in
    Atlanta, GA; Boston, MA; Chicago, IL; Dallas, TX; Denver, CO; Kansas
    City, MO; New York, NY; Philadelphia, PA; San Francisco, CA; and
    Seattle, WA.

    Federally Aided Corporations

    American
    Printing House
    for the Blind

    P.O. Box 6085, Louisville, KY 40206

    Phone, 502-895-2405. Internet, www.aph.org.
    President                                         Tuck Tinsley III
    Chairman of the Board                             Joseph A. Taradis III

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    The American Printing House for the Blind (APH) produces and distributes
    educational materials adapted for students who are legally blind and
    enrolled in formal educational programs below the college level.
    Materials produced by APH include textbooks in braille and large type,
    educational tools such as braille typewriters and microcomputer software
    and hardware, teaching aides such as tests and performance measures, and
    other special supplies. The materials are distributed through allotments
    to the States to programs serving individuals who are blind.

    For further information, contact the American Printing House for the
    Blind, P.O. Box 6085, Louisville, KY 40206. Phone, 502-895-2405.
    Internet, www.aph.org.

    Gallaudet
    University

    800 Florida Avenue NE., Washington, DC 20002

    Phone, 202-651-5000. Internet, www.gallaudet.edu.
    President, Gallaudet University                   I. King Jordan
    Chairman, Board of Trustees                       Glenn B. Anderson

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    The Columbia Institution for the Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb, and
    the Blind was incorporated by act of February 16, 1857 (11 Stat. 161).
    The name of the institution was changed in 1865, 1911, 1954, and
    eventually in 1986 to Gallaudet University. Gallaudet is a private,
    nonprofit education institution providing elementary, secondary,
    undergraduate, and continuing education programs for persons who are
    deaf. The University offers a traditional liberal arts curriculum for
    students who are deaf, and graduate programs in fields related to
    deafness for students who are deaf and students who are hearing.
    Gallaudet also conducts a wide variety of basic and applied deafness
    research and provides public service programs for persons who are deaf
    and professionals who work with persons who are deaf.
         Gallaudet University is accredited by a number of accrediting
    bodies, among which are the Middle States Association of Colleges and
    Secondary Schools, the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher
    Education, and the Conference of Educational Administrators of Schools
    and Programs for the Deaf.
    Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center  Gallaudet's Laurent Clerc
    National Deaf Education Center operates two Federally funded elementary
    and secondary education programs on the main campus of the University,
    the Kendall Demonstration Elementary School and the Model Secondary
    School for the Deaf. These programs are authorized by the Education of
    the Deaf Act of 1986 (20 U.S.C. 4304, as amended October 7, 1998) for
    the primary purpose of developing, evaluating, and disseminating model
    curricula, instructional techniques and strategies, and materials that
    can be used in a variety of educational environments serving individuals
    who are deaf and individuals who are hard of hearing throughout the
    Nation. The Education of the Deaf Act requires the programs to include
    students preparing for postsecondary opportunities other than college
    and students with a broad spectrum of needs, such as students who are
    lower achieving academically, come from non-English speaking homes, have
    secondary disabilities, are members of minority groups, or are from
    rural areas.
    Model Secondary School for the Deaf  The school was established by act
    of October 15, 1966 (20 U.S.C. 693), which was superseded by the
    Education of the Deaf Act of 1986. The school provides day and
    residential facilities for secondary aged students from across the
    United States from grades 9 through 12, inclusive.

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    Kendall Demonstration Elementary School  The school became the Nation's
    first demonstration elementary school for the deaf by act of December
    24, 1970 (20 U.S.C. 695). This act was superseded by the Education of
    the Deaf Act of 1986. The school is a day program serving students from
    the Washington, DC, metropolitan area from the age of onset of deafness
    to age 15, inclusive, but not beyond the eighth grade or its equivalent.

    For further information, contact the Public Relations Office, Gallaudet
    University, 800 Florida Avenue NE., Washington, DC 20002. Phone, 202-
    651-5505. Internet, www.gallaudet.edu.

    Howard
    University

    2400 Sixth Street NW., Washington, DC 20059

    Phone, 202-806-6100. Internet, www.howard.edu.
    President                                         H. Patrick Swygert

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    Howard University was established by act of March 2, 1867 (14 Stat.
    438). It offers instruction in 12 schools and colleges: the colleges of
    arts and sciences; dentistry; engineering, architecture, and computer
    sciences; medicine; and pharmacy, nursing, and allied health sciences;
    the graduate school; the schools of business; communications; divinity;
    education; law; and social work; and a summer school. In addition,
    Howard University has research institutes, centers, and special programs
    in the following areas: disability and socioeconomic policy studies;
    terrestrial and extraterrestrial atmospheric studies; aerospace science
    and technology; the W. Montague Cobb Human Skeletons Collection; drug
    abuse; science, space, and technology; African-American resources;
    cancer; child development; computational science and engineering;
    international affairs; sickle cell disease; and the national human
    genome project.

    For further information, contact the Office of University
    Communications, Howard University, 2400 Sixth Street NW., Washington, DC
    20059. Phone, 202-806-0970. Internet, www.howard.edu.

    National
    Institute for
    Literacy

    Suite 730, 1775 I Street NW., Washington, DC 20006

    Phone, 202-233-2025
    Director                                          Sandra L. Baxter,
                                                              Acting

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    The National Institute for Literacy leads the national effort towards a
    fully literate America. By building and strengthening national,
    regional, and State literacy infrastructures, the Institute fosters
    collaboration and innovation. Its goal is to ensure that all Americans
    with literacy needs receive the high-quality education and basic skills
    services necessary to achieve success in the workplace, family, and
    community.

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    National
    Technical
    Institute for
    the Deaf

    Rochester Institute of Technology

    52 Lomb Memorial Drive, Rochester, NY 14623

    Phone, 716-475-6853 (voice/TDD). Internet, www.ntid.edu.
    President, Rochester Institute of Technology      Albert J. Simone
    Vice President, National Technical Institute for  Robert R. Davila
            the Deaf

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    The National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID) was established by
    act of June 8, 1965 (20 U.S.C. 681) to promote the employment of persons
    who are deaf by providing technical and professional education. The
    National Technical Institute for the Deaf Act was superseded by the
    Education of the Deaf Act of 1986 (20 U.S.C. 4431, as amended October 7,
    1998). The Department of Education maintains a contract with the
    Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) for the operation of a
    residential facility for postsecondary technical training and education
    for individuals who are deaf. The purpose of the special relationship
    with the host institution is to provide NTID and its students access to
    more facilities, institutional services, and career preparation options
    than could be otherwise provided by a national technical institute for
    the deaf standing alone.
        NTID offers a variety of technical programs at the certificate,
    diploma, and associate degree levels. Degree programs include majors in
    business, engineering, science, and visual communications. In addition,
    NTID students may participate in approximately 200 educational programs
    available through the Rochester Institute of Technology. Students who
    are deaf that enroll in NTID or RIT programs are provided a wide range
    of support services and special programs to assist them in preparing for
    their careers, including tutoring, counseling, notetaking, interpreting,
    specialized educational media, cooperative work experience, and
    specialized job placement. Both RIT and NTID are accredited by the
    Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools.
        NTID also conducts applied research in occupational- and employment-
    related aspects of deafness, communication assessment, the demographics
    of NTID's target population, and learning processes in postsecondary
    education. In addition, NTID conducts training workshops and seminars
    related to deafness. These workshops and seminars are offered to
    professionals throughout the Nation who employ, work with, teach, or
    otherwise serve persons who are deaf.

    For further information, contact the Rochester Institute of Technology,
    National Technical Institute for the Deaf, Department of Recruitment and
    Admissions, Lyndon Baines Johnson Building, 52 Lomb Memorial Drive,
    Rochester, NY 14623-5604. Phone, 716-475-6700. Internet, www.ntid.edu.

    Sources of
    Information

    Inquiries on the following information may be directed to the specified
    office, Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW., Washington, DC
    20202.
    Contracts and Small Business Activities  Call or write the Office of
    Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization. Phone, 202-708-9820.

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    Employment  Inquiries and applications for employment, and inquiries
    regarding the college recruitment program, should be directed to the
    Human Resources Group. Phone, 202-401-0553.
    Organization  Contact the Executive Office, Office of Management. Phone,
    202-401-0690. TDD, 202-260-8956.

    For further information, contact the Information Resources Center,
    Department of Education, Room 5E248 (FB-6), 400 Maryland Avenue SW.,
    Washington, DC 20202. Phone, 800-USA-LEARN. Internet, www.ed.gov.