Title 20EducationRelease 119-73

§3416 Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education

Title 20 › Chapter CHAPTER 48— - DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - ESTABLISHMENT OF THE DEPARTMENT › § 3416

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Department must have an Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education run by an Assistant Secretary (appointed under section 3412(b)). The Assistant Secretary advises the Secretary, carries out assigned duties for career, technical, and adult education, coordinates rural and rural family education, and works with the Federal Interagency Committee on Education.

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Title 20, §3416

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There shall be in the Department an Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education, to be administered by the Assistant Secretary for Career, Technical, and Adult Education appointed under section 3412(b) of this title. The Assistant Secretary shall administer such functions affecting career, technical, and adult education as the Secretary shall delegate, and shall serve as principal adviser to the Secretary on matters affecting career, technical, and adult education. The Secretary, through the Assistant Secretary, shall also provide a unified approach to rural education and rural family education through the coordination of programs within the Department and shall work with the Federal Interagency Committee on Education to coordinate related activities and programs of other Federal departments and agencies.

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2014—Pub. L. 113–76 substituted, in section catchline, “Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education” for “Office of Vocational and Adult Education” and, in text, “Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education” for “Office of Vocational and Adult Education”, “Assistant Secretary for Career, Technical, and Adult Education” for “Assistant Secretary for Vocational and Adult Education”, and “career, technical, and adult education” for “vocational and adult education” in two places.

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Citation

20 U.S.C. § 3416

Title 20Education

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73