Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., questions Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen during the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee hearing titled The Financial Stability Oversight Council Annual Report to Congress, in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on May 10, 2022, in Washington, D.C. (Tom Williams-Pool/Getty Images)
"This has been a priority of mine for years, and it’s one that President Trump shares."
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The introduction comes amid widespread support among Republicans to eliminate the agency, including the current sitting Education Secretary, Linda McMahon, who detailed her "vision for eliminating the Department of Education" in a Fox News op-ed.
McMahon and Rounds recently held a meeting where the "Returning Education to Our States Act" was discussed.
In addition to eliminating the agency, the legislation would also make key changes to education compliance requirements, making it so that schools would no longer be required to administer standardized tests to identify struggling schools (CSI and TSI). The bill would also allow schools more autonomy to set teacher certification standards and professional development plans.
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The executive order issued by President Donald Trump in late March directs the department to "take all necessary steps to facilitate the closure of the Department of Education and return authority over education to the States and local communities," but it takes an act of Congress to formally abolish the department.
The U.S. Department of Education building is seen in Washington, Nov. 18, 2024. (Jose Luis Magana/AP)
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The Republican-led bill could potentially accompany President Donald Trump’s executive order and campaign promise to reshape the American education system as it heads to the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions for debate.
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Preston Mizell is a writer with Fox News Digital covering breaking news.
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