The Committee of Public Instruction continued to exist under the National Convention, with new elections in 1792 and remained for many years, radically changing form over time.
In the same year as its inception, the committee ordered all districts across France to seize land, edifices, furniture, scientific instruments, art collections, and libraries belonging to religious establishments.
The committee included prominent figures such as, Lazare Carnot, a renowned French politician, engineer, and mathematician who wrote many educational reforms on behalf of the board.
They seized Church held properties, terminated priests and school teachers, and began recreating and reorganizing French education.
It took the execution of Maximilian Robespierre, one of the most influential figures of the French Revolution, and the subsequent end of the Reign of Terror to bring enough relative internal peace to allow for substantial educational reform.