Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
This bill would terminate the U.S. Department of Education effective October 1, 2026, require the President to implement an orderly liquidation plan, and transfer many Education Department functions to other federal agencies (HHS, NSF, Treasury, Defense, Labor, Interior, and DOJ).
It sunsets certain federal K–12 program funding by October 1, 2036, restricts new Federal Direct PLUS loans after October 1, 2026, and permits recipients to decline transferred federal funds.
The bill also transfers the Institute of Education Sciences to HHS and the Office for Civil Rights to the Department of Justice, includes savings provisions, and preserves existing legal actions and obligations during the transition.
Abolishing a cabinet department with widespread program disruption and few compromise features is historically unlikely to clear both chambers and survive legal, administrative, and political hurdles.
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a detailed administrative reorganization that specifies statutory transfers of functions and creates an Office of Education within HHS, but it delegates numerous operational details to a presidential liquidation plan and provides limited statutory fiscal and oversight scaffolding for the broad scope of the termination.
Progressives stress civil-rights and special-education harms; conservatives stress federal overreach elimination.
Progressives stress civil-rights and special-education harms; conservatives stress federal overreach elimination.
Likely strongly opposed.
The persona would view termination as a rollback of federal commitment to educational equity, special education, civil-rights enforcement, and student protections.
They would see significant risks to low-income students and students with disabilities.
Cautiously skeptical.
The persona would appreciate efforts to reduce redundant bureaucracy and return some authority to states, but worry about transition risks, funding continuity, and the practicality of reallocating numerous programs.
Generally supportive.
The persona would welcome abolishing the Department of Education, returning authority to states and localities, and shrinking federal regulatory reach over schools.
They may press for faster reduction of federal spending and enforcement tools.
Reached or meaningfully advanced
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Still ahead
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Abolishing a cabinet department with widespread program disruption and few compromise features is historically unlikely to clear both chambers and survive legal, administrative, and political hurdles.
The bill has not accumulated any surfaced votes yet.
Progressives stress civil-rights and special-education harms; conservatives stress federal overreach elimination.
Abolishing a cabinet department with widespread program disruption and few compromise features is historically unlikely to clear both chamb…
Relative to its intended legislative type, this bill is a detailed administrative reorganization that specifies statutory transfers of functions and creates an Office of Education within HHS, but it delegates numerous o…
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