HR-9610 — Less Bureaucracy, Better K–12 Education Act

YourVoice.Now Summary

Workers & Jobs

Moves many federal K–12 school grant programs, like Title I, from the Education Department to the Labor Department.

Workers & Jobs

Federal staff growth from the move — no net new jobs allowed

The White House budget office must make sure the transfer adds no full-time federal jobs at the agencies involved. Staff counts on the day the bill becomes law set the limit.

More about this bill

Your local public school would see many of its federal grants run by the Labor Department instead of the Education Department. The bill does not rewrite what these programs do or who can get them. Title I aid for disadvantaged students would move. So would help for English learners, migrant children, and homeless students. Teacher training, literacy, charter school, magnet school, and rural school grants would move too. The D.C. school voucher program and Impact Aid would also move. Special education is not on the list. Staff, records, and unspent funds for these programs would go to Labor. Leftover money must still be used for its first purpose. The White House budget office must make sure total federal staff does not grow. Grants, rules, and pending applications stay in force during the switch. Most changes would take effect six months after the bill becomes law, though Labor could start sooner.

Congressional Summary

Less Bureaucracy, Better K-12 Education Act This bill transfers specified functions relating to elementary and secondary education from the Department of Education (ED) to the Department of Labor. Specifically, the bill transfers to Labor all the functions and authorities exercised by ED before the bill's effective date related to elementary and secondary education programs. These programs include, among others, programs for disadvantaged students, migratory students, at-risk students, and English language learners, as well as programs for teacher development, literacy, and charter schools. (On November 18, 2025, ED announced an interagency agreement with Labor for Labor to manage competitions, provide technical assistance, and integrate ED's programs with Labor's existing employment and training programs, while ED must maintain its statutory responsibilities and program oversight.) Additionally, the bill transfers to Labor all personnel and appropriations related to the functions that are transferred under this bill. The bill outlines the authority of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) related to the functions that are transferred under this bill, including that OMB must ensure that this bill does not create a net increase in full-time equivalent employees at Labor or ED. Further, OMB must certify compliance with the bill to specified congressional committees. The transfer of these functions does not affect any suits, proceedings, or applications for benefits, services, licenses, permits, certificates, or financial assistance that are pending on the date of this bill's effective date.

Legislative Subjects

Civics educationDepartment of EducationDepartment of LaborEducation of the disadvantagedEducation programs fundingElementary and secondary educationExecutive agency funding and structureLanguage arts

Details

Congress: 119th
Chamber: House
Status: summarized
Action: Introduced in House
Action Date: 2026-07-09
Date Added: 2026-09-25
Source: Congress.gov →

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