 
                   CHAPTER 48--DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
 
             SUBCHAPTER II--ESTABLISHMENT OF THE DEPARTMENT
 
Sec. 3416. Office of Vocational and Adult Education

    There shall be in the Department an Office of Vocational and Adult 
Education, to be administered by the Assistant Secretary for Vocational 
and Adult Education appointed under section 3412(b) of this title. The 
Assistant Secretary shall administer such functions affecting vocational 
and adult education as the Secretary shall delegate, and shall serve as 
principal adviser to the Secretary on matters affecting vocational and 
adult education. The Secretary, through the Assistant Secretary, shall 
also provide a unified approach to rural education and rural family 
education through the coordination of programs within the Department and 
shall work with the Federal Interagency Committee on Education to 
coordinate related activities and programs of other Federal departments 
and agencies.

(Pub. L. 96-88, title II, Sec. 206, Oct. 17, 1979, 93 Stat. 674.)
