Title 20EducationRelease 119-73

§2505 Grants or contracts

Title 20 › Chapter CHAPTER 45— - CAREER EDUCATION AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - CAREER EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES › § 2505

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Secretary of Education must create and support career information services. The Department must collect, organize, store, study, and share facts about jobs, future job trends, and career education. It must keep analyzing trends using government and private sources like the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Department of Commerce, the United States International Trade Commission, economists, labor unions, and businesses. The Department must publish reports and guides with research and successful examples and run seminars and workshops for teachers, counselors, school staff, and the public. When doing this work, the Secretary must, as much as possible, use and coordinate existing offices, centers, clearinghouses, and research resources and use the Department of Education’s career information tools.

Full Legal Text

Title 20, §2505

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(a)The Secretary of Education shall provide, either directly or by grant or contract, for—
(1)the gathering, cataloging, storing, analyzing, and disseminating information related to the availability of, and preparation for, careers in the United States, including information concerning current career options, future career trends, and career education;
(2)the ongoing analysis of career trends and options in the United States, using information from both the public and private sectors, including such sources as the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the Department of Commerce, the United States International Trade Commission, economic analysts, labor unions, and private industry;
(3)the publication of periodic reports and reference works using analysis prepared pursuant to this section and containing exemplary materials from the career education field, including research findings, results, and techniques from successful projects and programs, and highlights of ongoing analyses of career trends in the United States; and
(4)the conduct of seminars, workshops, and career information sessions for the purpose of disseminating to teachers, guidance counselors, other career educators, administrators, other education personnel, and the general public information compiled and analyzed under this section.
(b)In carrying out the provisions of this subchapter, and to the extent practicable, the Secretary of Education shall (1) make use of existing offices, centers, clearinghouses, and research capabilities, (2) coordinate among the offices, centers, clearinghouses, and research capabilities in carrying out his career information responsibilities, and (3) use the career information capabilities of the Department of Education.

Legislative History

Notes & Related Subsidiaries

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Change of Name

“United States International Trade Commission” substituted for “Unites States Tariff Commission” in subsec. (a)(2) pursuant to Pub. L. 93–618, § 171(a), Jan. 3, 1975, 88 Stat. 2009, which is classified to section 2231(a) of Title 19, Customs Duties.

Effective Date

Section effective 30 days after Oct. 12, 1976, except either as specifically otherwise provided or, if not so specifically otherwise provided, effective July 1, 1976, where section provides for authorization of appropriations, see section 532 of Pub. L. 94–482, set out as an

Effective Date

of 1976 Amendment note under section 1001 of this title.

Transfer of Functions

“Secretary of Education” substituted for “Commissioner” in text, and “Department of Education” substituted for “Education Division” in subsec. (b)(3), pursuant to section 301(a)(1), (b)(2) and 507 of Pub. L. 96–88, which are classified to section 3441(a)(1), (b)(2) and 3507 of this title and which transferred functions of Commissioner of Education to Secretary of Education and transferred Education Division to Department of Education.

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Citation

20 U.S.C. § 2505

Title 20Education

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73