YourVoice.Now SummaryAverage Household ImpactTransparency & Accountability
A one-sentence bill that would terminate the Department of Education entirely. If enacted, the department would cease to exist, shifting responsibility for federal education programs and funding to other agencies or eliminating them altogether. The bill provides no transition plan or timeline — it simply states the department is terminated.
Average Household Impact
- Federal agency administering Pell Grants and student loans — Department of Education set to terminate December 31, 2026
- Federal administration of Title I funding for low-income schools — Same termination date
- Federal administration of IDEA special-education protections — Same termination date
Transparency & Accountability
- Statutory transition plan for terminated programs — Bill is one sentence and provides none
Congressional Summary
This bill terminates the Department of Education on December 31, 2026.
Details
- Congress
- 119th
- Chamber
- Senate
- Status
- summarized
- Action
- Introduced in Senate
- Action Date
- 2025-03-26
- Date Added
- 2026-04-06
- Source
- Congress.gov →
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