Organizational Structure of the American Education System MTE/516 Organizational Structure of the American Education System The American Education System includes the federal government, the state government, and local communities. The federal government contributes less than 10% of all education revenues. This contribution covers specific programs like school lunches, vocational training, compensatory programs for children in economically disadvantaged communities, and entitlement programs to help educate disabled or language minority students (American Public Schools in Context, The Purposes of Schooling, Defining Organizations and Bureaucracies, n.d.). The Constitution states that education is to be provided by the individual state. The state delegates the responsibility for...