To abolish the Department of Education and to provide funding directly to States for elementary and secondary education, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill abolishes the Department of Education and terminates any applicable program for which it has administrative responsibility, except for the Federal Pell Grant Program and the Federal Direct Loan Program. The bill transfers administrative responsibility for these programs to the Department of the Treasury. The bill also directs Treasury to make allocations to states to support elementary and secondary education.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Sep 2022
Committee Review
Floor Vote
President
Introduced Sep 22, 2022
Last action Sep 22, 2022
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2
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Committee
1
Sep 22, 2022
Committee
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
lower
Sep 22, 2022
Introduced
Introduced in House
lower
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor
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