The Congress finds that—
(1) education is fundamental to the development of individual citizens and the progress of the Nation;
(2) there is a continuing need to ensure equal access for all Americans to educational opportunities of a high quality, and such educational opportunities should not be denied because of race, creed, color, national origin, or sex;
(3) parents have the primary responsibility for the education of their children, and States, localities, and private institutions have the primary responsibility for supporting that parental role;
(4) in our Federal system, the primary public responsibility for education is reserved respectively to the States and the local school systems and other instrumentalities of the States;
(5) the American people benefit from a diversity of educational settings, including public and private schools, libraries, museums and other institutions, the workplace, the community, and the home;
(6) the importance of education is increasing as new technologies and alternative approaches to traditional education are considered, as society becomes more complex, and as equal opportunities in education and employment are promoted;
(7) there is a need for improvement in the management and coordination of Federal education programs to support more effectively State, local, and private institutions, students, and parents in carrying out their educational responsibilities;
(8) the dispersion of education programs across a large number of Federal agencies has led to fragmented, duplicative, and often inconsistent Federal policies relating to education;
(9) Presidential and public consideration of issues relating to Federal education programs is hindered by the present organizational position of education programs in the executive branch
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The Congress finds that—
(1) education is fundamental to the development of individual citizens and the progress of the Nation;
(2) there is a continuing need to ensure equal access for all Americans to educational opportunities of a high quality, and such educational opportunities should not be denied because of race, creed, color, national origin, or sex;
(3) parents have the primary responsibility for the education of their children, and States, localities, and private institutions have the primary responsibility for supporting that parental role;
(4) in our Federal system, the primary public responsibility for education is reserved respectively to the States and the local school systems and other instrumentalities of the States;
(5) the American people benefit from a diversity of educational settings, including public and private schools, libraries, museums and other institutions, the workplace, the community, and the home;
(6) the importance of education is increasing as new technologies and alternative approaches to traditional education are considered, as society becomes more complex, and as equal opportunities in education and employment are promoted;
(7) there is a need for improvement in the management and coordination of Federal education programs to support more effectively State, local, and private institutions, students, and parents in carrying out their educational responsibilities;
(8) the dispersion of education programs across a large number of Federal agencies has led to fragmented, duplicative, and often inconsistent Federal policies relating to education;
(9) Presidential and public consideration of issues relating to Federal education programs is hindered by the present organizational position of education programs in the executive branch of the Government; and
(10) there is no single, full-time, Federal education official directly accountable to the President, the Congress, and the people.
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§ 3401. Congressional findings
The Congress finds that—
(1) education is fundamental to the develop-
ment of individual citizens and the progress of
the Nation;
(2) there is a continuing need to ensure equal
access for all Americans to educational oppor-
tunities of a high quality, and such edu-
cational opportunities should not be denied
because of race, creed, color, national origin,
or sex;
(3) parents have the primary responsibility
for the education of their children, and States,
localities, and private institutions have the
primary responsibility for supporting that pa-
rental role;
(4) in our Federal system, the primary public
responsibility for education is reserved respec-
tively to the States and the local school sys-
tems and other instrumentalities of the
States;
(5) the American people benefit from a diver-
sity of educational settings, including public
and private schools, libraries, museums and
other institutions, the workplace, the commu-
nity, and the home;
(6) the importance of education is increasing
as new technologies and alternative ap-
proaches to traditional education are consid-
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ered, as society becomes more complex, and as
equal opportunities in education and employ-
ment are promoted;
(7) there is a need for improvement in the
management and coordination of Federal edu-
cation programs to support more effectively
State, local, and private institutions, stu-
dents, and parents in carrying out their edu-
cational responsibilities;
(8) the dispersion of education programs
across a large number of Federal agencies has
led to fragmented, duplicative, and often in-
consistent Federal policies relating to edu-
cation;
(9) Presidential and public consideration of
issues relating to Feder