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Sen. Brenner urges Congress to dismantle U.S. Department of Education in committee testimony
Summary
Sponsor Senator Brenner told the Senate Education Committee SCR 16 calls on Congress to abolish the U.S. Department of Education and return authority to states, arguing federal spending and mandates have grown without improving outcomes. Colleagues pressed concerns about civil‑rights enforcement and whether state systems can meet federal requirements.
Senator Brenner told the Senate Education Committee that Senate Concurrent Resolution 16 asks Congress to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education and return authority over education to the states, local communities and families.
"It calls on Congress to dismantle the United States Department of Education and return authority over education to the states, local communities, and families where it constitutionally belongs," Brenner said, arguing that federal rules, compliance burdens and overhead have grown since the department’s creation in 1979 without…
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