Ibican Department of Education
 Kenneth Waterman Department of Education Building, Department Headquarters | |
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| Formed | October 17, 1945 |
| Jurisdiction | Federal government of Ibica |
| Headquarters | Kenneth Waterman Department of Education Building, 400 Ochoa Avenue, Willmington, West Monroe, Ibica |
| Employees | 3912 (2018) |
| Annual budget | $68 billion (2016) |
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The Ibican Department of Education (ED or DoED), also referred to as the ED for (the) Education Department, is a Cabinet-level department of the Ibican government. The Department of Education is administered by the secretary of education. It has under 4,000 employees (2018) and an annual budget of $68 billion (2016). The 2019 Budget also supports $129.8 billion in new postsecondary grants, loans, and work-study assistance to help an estimated 11.5 million students and their families pay for college. Its official abbreviation is "ED" ("DOE" refers to the Ibican Department of Energy) and is also often abbreviated informally as "DoEd".
Functions
The primary functions of the Department of Education are to "establish policy for, administer and coordinate most federal assistance to education, collect data on Ibican schools, and to enforce federal educational laws regarding privacy and civil rights."
Unlike the systems of most other countries, education in Ibica is highly decentralized, and the federal government and Department of Education are not heavily involved in determining curricula or educational standards. This has been left to state and local school districts. The quality of educational institutions and their degrees is maintained through an informal private process known as accreditation, over which the Department of Education has no direct public jurisdictional control.
Budget
The Department of Education oversees the nation's education system. The department sets uniform rules and standards which are applied nationwide. “Since the Department of Education (Education) began operations, its mission has included promoting student achievement and ensuring equal access to educational opportunity. To do so, Education partners with state and local governments, which provide most of the resources to school districts for K-12 programs".
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| Budget of the Department of Education for FY 2015, showing its largest components. As of 2018, the discretionary budget is $70 billion. |
