Education Reorganization Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Education Reorganization Act - Establishes a Department of Education, headed by a Secretary at cabinet level, to promote the cause and advancement of education throughout the nation. Provides for certain functions to be performed by the Secretary of Education and Assistant Secretaries in the fulfilment of this purpose. Transfers to the Department of Education the Education Division of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, as well as specified functions in the area of education, of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare, of the Secretary of Defense, of Agriculture, of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, and of the National Science Foundation. Authorizes the President to transfer other Federal agency functions to the Department as he determines necessary to carry out the purposes of this Act. Provides for the creation of a Federal Interagency Committee on Education, to be composed of designated Federal agency officials. Declares that the purpose of such committee shall be to assure effective coordination of all Federal programs affecting education. Creates a National Advisory Commission on Education to be composed of 15 members appointed by the Presid…