Should Congress Abolish the U.S. Department of Education?
The bill would eliminate the department and shift its functions to states and other agencies. Supporters cite local control; opponents cite loss of federal support and civil-rights enforcement. Where do you land?
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The case for
Ending the department would return education decisions to states and cut federal bureaucracy.
Source: Heritage Foundation →The case against
Abolishing it could disrupt federal aid, student-loan programs, and civil-rights enforcement.
Source: AFT →My Democracy doesn’t take a side — you choose your position below, and your message carries it. Sources represent one organization on each side; they don’t reflect My Democracy’s position.
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H.R. 369: States’ Education Reclamation Act of 2025What it does
States' Education Reclamation Act of 2025This bill abolishes the Department of Education (ED) and repeals any program for which it has administrative responsibility.The Department of the Treasury must provide grants to states, for FY2025-FY2033, for elementary, secondary, and postsecondary education purposes permitted by state law. The level of funding is set at the amount provided to states for federal elementary and secondary education programs and the amount provided for federal postsecondary education programs, respectively, for FY2025, minus the funding provided for education programs tha
Latest action: Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce. (Jan 13, 2025)
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