GOP senator debuts bill to abolish Education Department following Trump campaign promise

FIRST ON FOX: A Republican legislator introduced a measurement to bash distant with the Department of Education connected Thursday aft President-elect Donald Trump suggested doing truthful connected the 2024 run trail.

Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., debuted the "Returning Education to Our States Act" successful the Senate, which would abolish the Education Department and complaint assorted different departments with definite responsibilities and programs that are presently administered by it. 

During his presidential campaign, Trump said, "One happening I’ll beryllium doing precise aboriginal successful the medication is closing up the Department of Education successful Washington, D.C., and sending each acquisition and acquisition enactment it needs backmost to the states." 

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Rounds debuted a measure that would dissolve the Department of Education. (Reuters/ Istock)

Some experts contested his quality to bash this, noting helium would request legislature approval. However, with an incoming Republican trifecta successful Washington, D.C., and Rounds' bill, helium mightiness person it. 

"The national Department of Education has ne'er educated a azygous student, and it’s agelong past clip to extremity this bureaucratic Department that causes much harm than good," Rounds said successful a connection provided to Fox News Digital. "We each cognize section power is champion erstwhile it comes to education. Everyone raised successful South Dakota tin deliberation of a teacher who played a large portion successful their acquisition journey. Local schoolhouse boards and authorities Departments of Education cognize champion what their students need, not unelected bureaucrats successful Washington, D.C.

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"For years, I’ve worked toward removing the national Department of Education. I’m pleased that President-elect Trump shares this vision, and I’m excited to enactment with him and Republican majorities successful the Senate and House to marque this a reality. This authorities is simply a roadmap to eliminating the national Department of Education by practically rehoming these national programs successful the departments wherever they belong, which volition beryllium captious arsenic we determination into adjacent year," helium continued. 

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The US Department of Education gathering is seen connected August 21, 2024, successful Washington, DC. (Tierney L. Cross)

In the senator's plan, a fig of Native American acquisition programs volition beryllium redirected to the Department of Interior, indebtedness and assistance programs would go the work of the Department of Treasury, disablement programs would beryllium overseen by the Department of Health and Human Services, vocation programs would determination to the Department of Labor and the State Department would go liable for the Fulbright-Hays Program, which "supports probe and grooming efforts overseas." 

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U.S. President Donald Trump shakes hands with Linda McMahon arsenic she sits beside him aft announcing her resignation, astatine Trump's Mar-a-Lago property successful Palm Beach, Florida, March 29, 2019. ( REUTERS/Joshua Roberts)

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The caller measure comes aft Trump revealed helium plans to pat Linda McMahon, erstwhile CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), to pb the Education Department earlier this week. 

"It is my large grant to denote that Linda McMahon, erstwhile Administrator of the Small Business Administration, volition beryllium the United States Secretary of Education," helium said successful a connection connected the selection.