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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 2691 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To abolish the Department of Education and to provide funding directly |
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| 6 | 6 | | to States for elementary and secondary education, and for other purposes. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | APRIL7, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. M |
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| 10 | 10 | | OOREof Alabama (for himself, Mr. MCGUIRE, Mr. GILLof Texas, and |
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| 11 | 11 | | Mr. C |
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| 12 | 12 | | RANE) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com- |
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| 13 | 13 | | mittee on Education and Workforce |
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| 14 | 14 | | A BILL |
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| 15 | 15 | | To abolish the Department of Education and to provide |
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| 16 | 16 | | funding directly to States for elementary and secondary |
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| 17 | 17 | | education, and for other purposes. |
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| 18 | 18 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 19 | 19 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 20 | 20 | | SECTION 1. ABOLISHMENT OF DEPARTMENT OF EDU-3 |
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| 21 | 21 | | CATION. 4 |
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| 22 | 22 | | (a) I |
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| 23 | 23 | | NGENERAL.—Effective on the date that is 30 5 |
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| 24 | 24 | | days after the date of enactment of this Act— 6 |
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| 25 | 25 | | (1) the Department of Education is abolished; 7 |
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| 26 | 26 | | and 8 |
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| 27 | 27 | | (2) each applicable program is terminated. 9 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (b) APPLICABLEPROGRAMDEFINED.—The term 1 |
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| 32 | 32 | | ‘‘applicable program’’ means each program for which the 2 |
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| 33 | 33 | | Secretary of Education or the Department of Education 3 |
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| 34 | 34 | | has administrative responsibility as provided by law or by 4 |
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| 35 | 35 | | delegation of authority pursuant to law as of the day be-5 |
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| 36 | 36 | | fore the date specified in subsection (a), except such term 6 |
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| 37 | 37 | | does not include— 7 |
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| 38 | 38 | | (1) the Federal Pell Grant program under sec-8 |
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| 39 | 39 | | tion 401 of the Higher Education Act (20 U.S.C. 9 |
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| 40 | 40 | | 1070a); and 10 |
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| 41 | 41 | | (2) the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan 11 |
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| 42 | 42 | | Program under part D of such Act (20 U.S.C. 12 |
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| 43 | 43 | | 1087a et seq.). 13 |
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| 44 | 44 | | (c) T |
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| 45 | 45 | | RANSFER OF FUNCTIONS.—Effective on the 14 |
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| 46 | 46 | | date specified in subsection (a), the authority to carry out 15 |
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| 47 | 47 | | the programs described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of sub-16 |
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| 48 | 48 | | section (b) is hereby transferred to the Secretary of the 17 |
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| 49 | 49 | | Treasury. 18 |
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| 50 | 50 | | SEC. 2. BLOCK GRANTS TO STATES. 19 |
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| 51 | 51 | | (a) S |
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| 52 | 52 | | ENSE OFCONGRESS.—It is the sense of Con-20 |
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| 53 | 53 | | gress that— 21 |
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| 54 | 54 | | (1) States should distribute non-Federal funds 22 |
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| 55 | 55 | | for elementary and secondary education in a manner 23 |
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| 56 | 56 | | that promotes competition and choices in education 24 |
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| 59 | 59 | | •HR 2691 IH |
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| 60 | 60 | | in order to secure the best education available for 1 |
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| 61 | 61 | | each child; and 2 |
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| 62 | 62 | | (2) it is the fundamental right of parents to de-3 |
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| 63 | 63 | | termine the best education for their children. 4 |
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| 64 | 64 | | (b) E |
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| 65 | 65 | | LEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION 5 |
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| 66 | 66 | | G |
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| 67 | 67 | | RANTPROGRAM.—The Secretary of the Treasury shall 6 |
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| 68 | 68 | | carry out a program under which the Secretary makes al-7 |
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| 69 | 69 | | locations to States, in accordance with subsection (c), to 8 |
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| 70 | 70 | | support elementary and secondary education. 9 |
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| 71 | 71 | | (c) A |
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| 72 | 72 | | LLOCATIONS TOSTATES.—The allocations made 10 |
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| 73 | 73 | | by the Secretary to each State under subsection (b) shall 11 |
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| 74 | 74 | | be in proportion to the aggregate amount of Federal indi-12 |
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| 75 | 75 | | vidual income taxes paid by the residents of such State 13 |
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| 76 | 76 | | (relative to such aggregate amount paid by residents of 14 |
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| 77 | 77 | | all the States) as determined by the Secretary after con-15 |
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| 78 | 78 | | sultation with the Commissioner of Internal Revenue. 16 |
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| 79 | 79 | | (d) U |
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| 80 | 80 | | SE OFFUNDS.—A State that receives an alloca-17 |
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| 81 | 81 | | tion under subsection (c) shall use such funds to support 18 |
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| 82 | 82 | | elementary and secondary education in the State. 19 |
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