§ 3415. Office of Postsecondary Education

Legislative history

Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.

1. 1979

   Department of Education Organization Act

   Pub. L. 96–88 title II § 205 · 93 Stat. 668

   Enacted · 20 U.S.C. § 3415

   Pub. L. 96–88, title II, § 205, Oct. 17, 1979, 93 Stat. 674

   Source evidence

   Code source credit
   Pub. L. 96–88, title II, § 205, Oct. 17, 1979, 93 Stat. 674

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   Sec. 205. office of postsecondary education There shall be in the Department an Office of Postsecondary Education, to be administered by the Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education appointed under section 202(b). The Assistant Secretary shall administer such functions affecting postsecondary education, both public and private, as the Secretary shall delegate, and shall serve as the principal adviser to the Secretary on matters affecting public and private postsecondary education.

2. 2008

   Higher Education Opportunity Act

   Pub. L. 110–315 title IX § 935 · 122 Stat. 3078

   Amended · 20 U.S.C. § 3415

   Pub. L. 110–315 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “There shall be in the Department an Office of Postsecondary Education, to be administered by the Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education appointed under section 3412(b) of this title. The Assistant Secretary shall administer such functions affecting postsecondary education, both public and private, as the Secretary shall delegate, and shall serve as the principal adviser to the Secretary on matters affecting public and private postsecondary education.”

   Source evidence

   Code amendment note
   Pub. L. 110–315 amended section generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “There shall be in the Department an Office of Postsecondary Education, to be administered by the Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education appointed under section 3412(b) of this title. The Assistant Secretary shall administer such functions affecting postsecondary education, both public and private, as the Secretary shall delegate, and shall serve as the principal adviser to the Secretary on matters affecting public and private postsecondary education.”

   Enacted provision · exact public law section
   SEC. 935. ESTABLISHMENT OF A DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR INTERNATIONAL AND FOREIGN LANGUAGE EDUCATION.   Section 205 of the Department of Education Organization Act (20 U.S.C. 3415) is amended to read as follows: “Sec. 205. “office of postsecondary education (a) There shall be in the Department an Office of Postsecondary Education, to be administered by the Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education appointed under section 202(b). The Assistant Secretary shall administer such functions affecting postsecondary education, both public and private, as the Secretary shall delegate, and shall serve as the principal adviser to the Secretary on matters affecting postsecondary education. “(b) The Appointments. Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education shall appoint a Deputy Assistant Secretary for International and Foreign Language Education to perform such functions affecting postsecondary, international, and foreign language education as the Secretary may prescribe. The Deputy Assistant Secretary for International and Foreign Language Education shall— “(1) be an individual with extensive background and experience in international and foreign language education; “(2) have responsibility for encouraging and promoting the study of foreign languages and the study of the cultures of other countries at the elementary, secondary, and postsecondary levels in the United States; and “(3) coordinate with related international and foreign language education programs of other Federal agencies.” .

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