<p>Seal of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_Education" class="extiw" title="en:United States Department of Education">United States Department of Education</a>.
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The seal was introduced on May 7, 1980, and is described in law as:<blockquote><p>Standing upon a mound, an oak tree with black trunk and limbs and green foliage in front of a gold rising sun, issuing gold rays on a light blue disc, enclosed by a dark blue border with gold edges bearing the inscription "DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION" above a star at either side of the words "UNITED STATES OF AMERICA" in smaller letters in the base; letters and stars in white.</p></blockquote>
More information <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/help/SealPage.asp">here</a> and <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://ecfr.gpoaccess.gov/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=ecfr&amp;rgn=div5&amp;view=text&amp;node=34:1.1.1.1.1&amp;idno=34">34 CFR Part 3</a>.
Original seal by the U.S. Army Heraldry Directorate
1980
Extracted from PDF file <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070820164124/http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/fy2008/pdf/budget/education.pdf">here</a>.