[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 
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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.