Us Code § 3416 - Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education
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§ 3416. Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education
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.
(Pub. L. 96–88, title II, §206, Oct. 17, 1979, 93 Stat. 674; Pub. L. 113–76, div. H, title III, §307(a), Jan. 17, 2014, 128 Stat. 399.)
Editorial Notes
Amendments
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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