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HR 2281 114th Congress House

States' Education Reclamation Act of 2015

Official title: To provide for the elimination of the Department of Education, and for other purposes.

Introduced: May 12, 2015 Introduced by: Rouzer, David Republican · North Carolina See on congress.gov
Education Accounting and auditingAppropriationsDepartment of DefenseDepartment of Education
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Department of Health and Human ServicesDepartment of LaborDepartment of the InteriorDepartment of the TreasuryDistrict of ColumbiaEducation programs fundingElementary and secondary educationEmployment and training programsExecutive agency funding and structureGovernment lending and loan guaranteesHigher educationIndian social and development programsIntergovernmental relationsMinority educationSpecial educationState and local financeStudent aid and college costsVocational and technical education
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Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
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Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

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States' Education Reclamation Act of 2015

This bill abolishes the Department of Education (ED) and repeals any program for which it or the Secretary of Education has administrative responsibility.

The Department of the Treasury (Treasury) shall provide grants to states, for FY2016-FY2024, for any: (1) elementary and secondary education purpose permitted by state law, and (2) postsecondary education purpose 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 FY2012, minus the funding they were provided for education programs that this Act transfers to other federal agencies.

States must contract for an annual audit of their expenditures or transfers of grant funds.

Program administrative responsibility and delegation of authority are transferred as follows:

  • ED's job training programs to the Department of Labor;
  • each special education grant program under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS);
  • ED's Indian Education programs to the Department of the Interior;
  • each Impact Aid program under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to the Department of Defense;
  • the Federal Pell Grant program and each federal student loan program to Treasury; and
  • programs under the jurisdiction of the Institute of Education Sciences or the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program to HHS.
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2281: States' Education Reclamation Act of 2015. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-2281/
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"H.R. 2281: States' Education Reclamation Act of 2015." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-2281/.
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