Abolishment of the Department of Education and transfer of its functions to other federal departments.
The bill, titled the "Returning Education to Our States Act," proposes to abolish the Department of Education and transfer its functions to other federal departments. Effective one year after the enactment of this Act, the Department of Education will be terminated, and its organization act will be repealed. Various programs and activities, such as those under the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act and the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006, will be transferred to the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Labor, and other departments.
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