A Republican senator has introduced a bill to eliminate the Department of Education, which was one of President Donald Trump’s campaign promises.
The bill aims to end the Department of Education, and redistribute federal programs to other existing departments. But the biggest change would be allocating K12 education money directly to the states via block grants.
The bill, Returning Education to Our States Act, was introduced by Senator Mike Rounds of South Dakota. In a press release, he said “The federal Department of Education has never educated a single student, and it’s long past time to end this bureaucratic Department that causes more harm than good.”
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