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Representative urges dismantling of U.S. Department of Education in urging resolution, drawing questions from colleagues
Summary
Representative Wade introduced an urging resolution to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education, saying it would not cut student funding and would return some functions to states; other members asked how such transfers would work and cautioned about Georgia's academic rankings and the political optics of the proposal.
Representative Wade presented House Resolution 17 89, an urging resolution that calls for dismantling the U.S. Department of Education and returning certain federal functions to state control.
Wade told the committee the resolution is intended to "remove a layer of bureaucracy that delays what I believe is serving our children in our state" and said it "will not cut funding to impact students." He described specific transfers of functions in the resolution—for example,…
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