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Bipartisan bill seeks to block dismantling of education agency
- The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee advanced bipartisan legislation to stop the U.S. Department of Education from moving major education offices to other federal agencies.
- Senate Bill S.5046, sponsored by Senator Tim Kaine with Republican cosponsors Senators Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski, prohibits transferring programs of key education offices via interagency agreements.
- Eighty-Six Democrats in the House Education Committee signed a letter opposing the transfer of these education programs.
- Senator Collins said the transfers misunderstand the programs' intent, while the Education Department criticized the current system as failing students and called for change, noting low proficiency in math and reading.
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OKLAHOMA VOICE: U.S. Senate panel advances bill to reject Education Department transfers
WASHINGTON — A bipartisan effort to rein in President Donald Trump’s efforts to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education has cleared its first major legislative hurdle in a bipartisan U.S. Senate committee vote.
Bipartisan bill seeks to block dismantling of education agency
(The Center Square) – The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee voted to advance bipartisan legislation that would prevent the U.S. Department of Education from transferring several major education offices to other federal agencies.
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