It provides likewise for an Assistant Secretary. solicitor. chief clerk. disbursing clerk. and such other scientific. technical. and clerical assistants as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this act and as may be provided for by Congress from time to time. Section 7 authorizes and directs the secretary of education to make studies. investigations. and researches showing the condition and progress of education in the several States and Territories and to make this information available to teachers. school officials. and all others interested in education. in order to aid and encourage the people of the several States and Territories to establish more efficient schools and school systems. to devise better methods of organization. administration. and financing of education. to develop better types of school buildings and provide for their use. to improve methods of teaching and develop more adequate curricula and courses of study. These investigations and studies shall be undertaken in rural. elementary. secondary. higher. professional. physical. including health. and recreational education. and likewise for the mentally and physically handicapped. the training of teachers. immigrant and adult education. and such other fields as in the judgment of the Secretary may require study and investigation to promote the welfare of education throughout the United States and its possessions. Section 10 authorizes the creation of a national council on education consisting of the head of the department of education of each State and Territory. to consult and advise with the secetary of education on subjects relating to the promotion and development of education in the United States and in its possessions. The other sections of the bill relate to the transfer of the Bureau of Education with its records. employees. and so forth. to the department of education. providing quarters for the same. making available to the educational officers in the several States and other persons interested in education the result of the studies and investigations made by this department. requiring the secretary of education to make annual report to Congress in writing. and providing that this act shall go into effect
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