Since the establishment of the first modern public school system, most authority over public education has resided with
question 17 options:
the u. s. congress.
the u. s. department of education.
the senate.
state governments.

The U.S. Department of Education

Explanation:

This Department is the part of the government that is in charge of enforcing the laws and has to create the laws that rule over the educational system in the U. S. Since the establishment of the Modern Public School System it has been the government office that has had the most, if not all, authority over it.

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