WASHINGTON – Today, Education and Workforce Committee Chairman Tim Walberg (R-MI) announced the introduction of 10 bills to begin codifying the Trump administration's plan to right-size the Department of Education and ensure students, families, educators, and taxpayers are served by a government that puts results ahead of bureaucracy.
Chairman Walberg said:"For decades, Washington has measured success by how much government grows instead of how well students do. The legislative package reflects a simple principle: education policy should be focused on helping students succeed—not preserving a federal bureaucracy for its own sake. Rather than allowing unnecessary layers of Washington bureaucracy stand between families and the services they rely on, the bills would transfer key statutory authorities to agencies better equipped to carry them out while maintaining continuity for students and stakeholders."
Together, the bills represent Congress's first legislative step to modernize federal education law by streamlining administration, reducing unnecessary bureaucracy, and ensuring federal responsibilities are carried out by agencies best positioned to administer them—all while keeping the focus where it belongs: on students, families, and taxpayers.
