History
The independent federal Office of Education was created on March 2, 1867. It became part of the Department of the Interior on July 1, 1889. The office was included in the Interior Department's Federal Security Agency when it was established on July 1, 1939. The office was moved into the Department of Health, Education and Welfare in 1953.
In 1972, Public Law 92-318 provided the repeal of a part of the law which had created the office of Commissioner of Education. The repeal took effect on July 1, 1972. The Office of Education ceased to exist. Although the Assistant Secretary of Education then became the highest federal education position, the office of Commissioner of Education continued to exist in the United States Department of Health, Education and Welfare until 1980, when the post was phased out due to the creation of the Cabinet-level Department of Education.
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