{"id":2372096,"date":"2024-11-22T10:43:01","date_gmt":"2024-11-22T15:43:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-senator-debuts-bill-to-abolish-department-of-education-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-11-22T10:44:39","modified_gmt":"2024-11-22T15:44:39","slug":"gop-senator-debuts-bill-to-abolish-department-of-education-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-senator-debuts-bill-to-abolish-department-of-education-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP senator debuts bill to abolish Department of Education &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgop-senator-debuts-bill-to-abolish-department-of-education-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2372096&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Senator Mike Rounds\u2063 (R-SD) has introduced a bill aimed at \u2064abolishing the Department of Education (DOE), aligning with former President Donald Trump&#8217;s \u2062campaign promise to\u2064 transfer educational\u2064 responsibilities back to state \u2062and \u2062local authorities. The proposed legislation, titled the &#8220;Returning Education to\u2064 Our States Act,&#8221; \u2064would dissolve the DOE&#8217;s functions and\u200b allocate\u200d them to other \u2063federal departments, <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">emphasizing localized decision-making<\/a>. Rounds argues that education management should not be in the hands of federal bureaucrats, noting that the DOE has \u200dnever \u200cdirectly educated\u200c any students. \u200dThe bill&#8217;s introduction \u2064marks a\u2063 significant advancement\u2064 towards this goal,\u200c especially \u2063with \u200ca supportive Republican majority \u2062in Congress and the presidency. Rounds\u2063 has long advocated for this change and believes that it will ultimately benefit the education system by reducing federal bureaucracy.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">GOP senator debuts bill to abolish Department of Education<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1887928\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Sen. Mike Rounds (R-SD) introduced a bill to dissolve the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/department-of-education\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Department of Education<\/a> on Thursday, bringing President-elect <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Donald Trump<\/a>&lsquo;s campaign <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/education\/3232494\/trump-wants-to-abolish-the-department-of-education\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">promise<\/a> to life. <\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Sen. Mike Rounds (R-SD), left, speaks to the media on Day 3 of the government shutdown after attending a meeting with a bipartisan group of senators, Monday, Jan. 22, 2018, on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo\/Jacquelyn Martin)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The bill, &ldquo;Returning Education to Our States Act,&rdquo; would divide the DOE&rsquo;s responsibilities and hand them off to other departments while still leaving primary decision-making to state and local education departments.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;One thing I&rsquo;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,&rdquo; Trump said on the campaign trail. <\/p>\n<p>Removing the DOE was seen as a far-off goal until Republicans secured a trifecta in Washington, D.C., and Rounds introduced the bill. Now, the possibility is closer and more realistic than ever. Rounds argued that education is best left to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nc-dem-senate-challenger-votes-against-bipartisan-school-reopening-bill\/\" title=\"NC Dem Senate Challenger Votes Against Bipartisan School Reopening Bill\">local school boards<\/a> and state departments rather than &ldquo;unelected bureaucrats in Washington, D.C.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The federal Department of Education has never educated a single student, and it&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-gun-policies-concern-second-amendment-advocates\/\" title=\"Biden gun policies concern Second Amendment advocates\">long past time<\/a> to end this bureaucratic Department that causes more harm than good,&rdquo; Rounds said in a statement for Fox News.<\/p>\n<p>Rounds has had his sights set on abolishing the DOE for years but has felt emboldened by the influx of Republicans coming to Congress next year and the incoming president sharing his vision.<\/p>\n<p>Rounds&rsquo;s plan consists of moving multiple Native American education programs to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/3231030\/trump-picks-burgum-head-department-interior\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Department of the Interior<\/a>, transferring grant and loan programs to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/treasury-department\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Department of the Treasury<\/a>, placing disability programs in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/health-and-human-services\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Department of Health and Human Services<\/a>, giving career programs to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/department-of-labor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Department of Labor<\/a>, and letting the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/state-department\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">State Department<\/a> oversee the Fulbright-Hays Program which &ldquo;supports research and training overseas.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The news of the bill comes just after Trump tapped <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3235892\/linda-mcmahon-what-to-know-trump-pick-education-secretary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Linda McMahon<\/a> as his education secretary, a promotion from her previous position leading the Small Business Administration in Trump&rsquo;s prior administration.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It is my great honor to announce that Linda McMahon, former Administrator of the Small Business Administration, will be the United States Secretary of Education,&rdquo; 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