HRES-237 — Of inquiry requesting the President and directing the Secretary of Education to transmit, respectively, certain documents to the House of Representatives relating to the reduction in force and other downsizing measures at the Department of Education.

YourVoice.Now Summary

Transparency & Accountability

Seeks unredacted records on the Education Department's shutdown within 14 days — reported adversely by committee.

Transparency & Accountability

Document disclosure demand — Unredacted records on the department closure within 14 days
Congressional oversight — Resolution of inquiry compels an executive-branch response

The details

This resolution seeks records about the shutdown of the Education Department. It requests that the President, and directs that the Education Secretary, hand over unredacted documents within 14 days of adoption. The records would cover the department's closure and any staff reductions. They would also cover the Secretary's March 2025 memo to staff titled "Our Department's Final Mission." A final category covers any finding that remaining staff could still enforce the laws Congress assigned them. Those laws include Title IX, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, Section 504, and FERPA. The Education and Workforce Committee reported the resolution adversely in April 2025, a recommendation against passage.

Congressional Summary

This resolution requests that the President provide, and directs the Department of Education (ED) to provide, to the House of Representatives all documents and materials related tothe closure of ED; any reduction in force or other downsizing measures at ED;any actions taken pursuant to a specified March 3, 2025, communication to ED staff; any actions taken pursuant to any executive order directing the closure of ED; and any determinations made by the President, the Secretary of ED, or other ED staff that the staff remaining at ED after any reduction in force, other downsizing measure, or closure are sufficient to faithfully execute specified federal laws, including the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, and the Higher Education Act of 1965.

Legislative Subjects

Age discriminationCongressional oversightCongressional-executive branch relationsDepartment of EducationDisability and health-based discriminationEducation programs fundingElementary and secondary educationExecutive agency funding and structureGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel managementHigher educationPresidents and presidential powers, Vice PresidentsRacial and ethnic relationsSex, gender, sexual orientation discriminationVocational and technical education

Details

Congress: 119th
Chamber: House
Status: summarized
Action: Introduced in House
Action Date: 2025-03-21
Date Added: 2026-07-30
Source: Congress.gov →

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