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HR 8961 117th Congress House Education Department of Education Department of the Treasury Education programs funding Elementary and secondary education Executive agency funding and structure Government lending and loan guarantees Higher education Intergovernmental relations Student aid and college costs

To abolish the Department of Education and to provide funding directly to States for elementary and secondary education, and for other purposes.

Introduced: September 22, 2022 See on congress.gov
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Sep 22, 2022
Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
Sep 22, 2022
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill abolishes the Department of Education and terminates any applicable program for which it has administrative responsibility, except for the Federal Pell Grant Program and the Federal Direct Loan Program. The bill transfers administrative responsibility for these programs to the Department of the Treasury.

The bill also directs Treasury to make allocations to states to support elementary and secondary education.

What's happening now September 22, 2022

Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.

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Steube, W. Gregory
Florida · Sep 22, 2022
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 8961: To abolish the Department of Education and to provide funding directly to States for elementary and secondary education, and for other purposes.. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-8961/
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"H.R. 8961: To abolish the Department of Education and to provide funding directly to States for elementary and secondary education, and for other purposes.." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-8961/.
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H.R. 8961, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-8961/.
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[H.R. 8961: To abolish the Department of Education and to provide funding directly to States for elementary and secondary education, and for other purposes.](https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-8961/)
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