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Executive Order 12212—The Department of Education

May 02, 1980

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the statutes of the United States of America, including the Department of Education Organization Act (P.L. 96-88; 93 Stat. 668), it is hereby ordered as follows:

1-101. Sunday, May 4, 1980, shall, for the purposes of Section 601 of the Department of Education Organization Act (20 U.S.C. 3401 note), be the date on which the provisions of that Act shall take effect.

1-102. The Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall take all actions necessary or appropriate to effectuate the transfers provided for in the Department of Education Organization Act, including the transfer of funds, records, property, personnel and positions.

1-103. As required by Section 601 of the Department of Education Organization Act, this Order shall be published in the FEDERAL REGISTER.

JIMMY CARTER

The White House,

May 2, 1980.

[Filed with the Office of the Federal Register, 11:43 a.m., May 2, 1980]

Jimmy Carter, Executive Order 12212—The Department of Education Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/249917

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