The Department of Education Organization Act is a United States federal law enacted in 1979, which created the Department of Education.

The new department was split off from the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, which the Act also renamed the Department of Health and Human Services.

[1] Under the Department of Education Organization Act, the department's mission is to:[2] In the Senate, 69 voted in favor and 22 voted against separating education from the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.

[3] In the House of Representatives, 215 voted in favor and 201 voted against.

[4] President Carter signed the bill on October 17, 1979.