S 5384 · 118th Congress · Education
Returning Education to Our States Act
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Introduced2
Committee3
Senate Vote4
House5
EnactedLatest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.(2024-11-21)
Plain Language Summary
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Returning Education to Our States Act This bill abolishes the Department of Education (ED) and terminates any applicable program for which it has administrative responsibility, except for those programs transferred to other federal agencies. Specifically, the bill transfers from ED to the Department of Health and Human Services (1) all functions, programs, and authorities of ED under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act; and (2) each Impact Aid program. Additionally, the bill transfers each authority and program of ED's Office of Indian Education to the Department of the Interior. The bill transfers the following programs to the Department of the Treasury: the Federal Pell Grant Program; the Federal Family Education Loan Program; the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program; the Federal Perkins Loan Program; the activities described in Part F (need analysis), Part G (general provisions relating to student assistance programs), or Part H (program integrity) of Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965; the Health Education Assistance Loan Program; and the programs under the Education Sciences Reform Act of 2002 and the Educational Technical Assistance Act of 2…
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