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| GOP senator debuts bill to abolish Department of Education following Trump campaign promise |
| 2024-11-22 |
| [FoxNews] Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., debuted the "Returning Education to Our States Act" in the Senate, which would abolish the Department of Education and charge various other departments with certain responsibilities and programs that are currently administered by it. During his presidential campaign, Trump said, "One thing I’ll be doing very early in the administration is closing up the Department of Education in Washington, D.C., and sending all education and education work it needs back to the states." Some experts contested his ability to do this, noting he would need congressional approval. However, with an incoming Republican trifecta in Washington, D.C., and Rounds' bill, he might have it. "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," Rounds said in a statement provided to Fox News Digital. "We all know local control is best when it comes to education. Everyone raised in South Dakota can think of a teacher who played a big part in their educational journey. Local school boards and state Departments of Education know best what their students need, not unelected bureaucrats in Washington, D.C. "For years, I’ve worked toward removing the federal Department of Education. I’m pleased that President-elect Trump shares this vision, and I’m excited to work with him and Republican majorities in the Senate and House to make this a reality. This legislation is a roadmap to eliminating the federal Department of Education by practically rehoming these federal programs in the departments where they belong, which will be critical as we move into next year," he continued. In the senator's plan, a number of Native American education programs will be redirected to the Department of Interior; loan and grant programs would become the responsibility of the Department of Treasury; disability programs would be overseen by the Department of Health and Human Services; career programs would move to the Department of Labor; and the State Department would become responsible for the Fulbright-Hays Program, which "supports research and training efforts overseas." Related: Mike Rounds 01/16/2024 Sen. Lankford Sets High Bar for Republican Support of a Bipartisan Border Giveaway Mike Rounds 12/24/2022 These 18 Senate Republicans Voted For Democrats' Sleazy $1.7 Trillion Spending Bill Mike Rounds 04/16/2021 Senate Republicans push for national commission to balance budget |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #4 I have an novel idea! How about letting the Navajo manage the education of the Navajo! Leave the crappy dept of the interior out of it. Just make sure that the Navajo include qualified English teachers as part of the curriculum! |
| Posted by: Seeking Cure For Ignorance 2024-11-22 19:20 |
| #3 Our Indian brothers and sisters get the shaft: Native American education programs will be redirected to the Department of Interior. Have you ever driven through Navajo Country? I was driving through there once and had three hitchhiking flies fly into my car and they asked me to get them the hell out of there. Department of Interior |
| Posted by: mossomo 2024-11-22 13:15 |
| #2 /\ One of my favorites. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2024-11-22 09:20 |
| #1 Nothing more than rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic. "I was to learn later in life that we tend to meet any new situation by reorganizing, and what a wonderful method it can be for creating the illusion of progress while actually producing confusion, inefficiency, and demoralization.” Petronius Arbiter |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2024-11-22 09:17 |