H.R. 369 (119th)Bill Overview

States’ Education Reclamation Act of 2025

Education|Accounting and auditingAppropriations
Cosponsors
Support
Republican
Introduced
Jan 13, 2025
Discussions
Bill Text
Current stageCommittee

Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.

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01 · The brief
Plain-English summaryWhat this bill actually does

<p><strong>States' Education Reclamation Act of </strong><strong>2025</strong></p><p>This bill abolishes the Department of Education (ED) and repeals any program for which it has administrative responsibility.</p><p>The Department of the Treasury must provide grants to states, for FY2025-FY2033, for elementary, secondary, and postsecondary education purposes permitted by state law. The level of funding is set at the amount provided to states for federal elementary and secondary education programs and the amount provided for federal postsecondary education programs, respectively, for FY2025, minus the funding provided for education programs that the bill transfers to other federal agencies.</p><p>States must contract for an annual audit of their expenditures or transfers of grant funds.</p><p>Program administrative responsibility and delegation of authority are transferred as follows:</p><ul><li>ED's job training programs to the Department of Labor,</li><li>each special education grant program under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS),</li><li>ED's Indian education programs to the Department of the Interior,</li><li>each Impact Aid program under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to the Department of Defense,</li><li>the Federal Pell Grant program and each federal student loan program to Treasury, and</li><li>programs under the jurisdiction of the Institute of Education Sciences or the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program to HHS.</li></ul><p>The&nbsp;Government Accountability Office must report to Congress on (1) the feasibility of reducing the federal tax burden and eliminating federal involvement in providing grants for education programs, and (2) the feasibility of successor federal agencies maintaining transferred education programs.</p>

Why people may split

The main political fault lines are not fully surfaced yet, so coalition durability is still unclear.

Watch point

The next hurdle is converting committee movement into a floor coalition.

<p><strong>States' Education Reclamation Act of </strong><strong>2025</strong></p><p>This bill abolishes the Department of Education (ED) and repeals any program for which it has administrative responsibility.</p><p>The Department of the Treasury must provide grants to states, for FY2025-FY2033, for elementary, secondary, and postsecondary education purposes permitted by state law.

The level of funding is set at the amount provided to states for federal elementary and secondary education programs and the amount provided for federal postsecondary education programs, respectively, for FY2025, minus the funding provided for education programs that the bill transfers to other federal agencies.</p><p>States must contract for an annual audit of their expenditures or transfers of grant funds.</p><p>Program administrative responsibility and delegation of authority are transferred as follows:</p><ul><li>ED's job training programs to the Department of Labor,</li><li>each special education grant program under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS),</li><li>ED's Indian education programs to the Department of the Interior,</li><li>each Impact Aid program under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to the Department of Defense,</li><li>the Federal Pell Grant program and each federal student loan program to Treasury, and</li><li>programs under the jurisdiction of the Institute of Education Sciences or the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program to HHS.</li></ul><p>The&nbsp;Government Accountability Office must report to Congress on (1) the feasibility of reducing the federal tax burden and eliminating federal involvement in providing grants for education programs, and (2) the feasibility of successor federal agencies maintaining transferred education programs.</p>

Passage38/100

This bill has moved beyond introduction, but committee and floor dynamics still determine whether it can build durable support.

CredibilityPartial

How solid the drafting looks.

Contention62/100

The main political fault lines are not fully surfaced yet, so coalition durability is still unclear.

02 · What it does

Who stands to gain, and who may push back.

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03 · Why people split

Why the argument around this bill splits.

The main political fault lines are not fully surfaced yet, so coalition durability is still unclear.
Progressive

The main political fault lines are not fully surfaced yet, so coalition durability is still unclear.

Unclear
Centrist

The main political fault lines are not fully surfaced yet, so coalition durability is still unclear.

Unclear
Conservative

The main political fault lines are not fully surfaced yet, so coalition durability is still unclear.

Unclear
04 · Can it pass?

The path through Congress.

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Reached or meaningfully advanced

Committee

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Passage likelihood38/100

This bill has moved beyond introduction, but committee and floor dynamics still determine whether it can build durable support.

Why this could stall
  • The next hurdle is converting committee movement into a floor coalition.
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06 · Go deeper

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The main political fault lines are not fully surfaced yet, so coalition durability is still unclear.

This bill has moved beyond introduction, but committee and floor dynamics still determine whether it can build durable support.

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