In the summer of 1744, Indian chiefs from the six Iroquois nations came to Lancaster to meet with representatives of Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia to resolve land disputes.
The primary functions of the Department of Education are to establish policy for, administer and coordinate most federal assistance to education, collect data on US schools, and to enforce federal educational laws regarding privacy and civil rights..
Commissioner for Public Instruction is the Head of the Department who controls and co-ordinates the activities of school education. All stages of school education, starting from pre-primary to secondary education in the State, come under the purview of the Department. During 2003-04.