Title 20, EducationRelease 119-102

§3416 Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education

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

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

An Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education is in the Department and is led by an Assistant Secretary appointed under section 3412(b). The Assistant Secretary runs delegated career, technical, and adult education duties, advises the Secretary, 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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20 U.S.C. § 3416

Title 20, Education

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102