WASHINGTON — Rep. Thomas Massie’s one-sentence bill would terminate the Department of Education at the end of next year.  

“Unelected bureaucrats in Washington, D.C. should not be in charge of our children’s intellectual and moral development,” the Crescent Springs Republican said in a statement. “States and local communities are best positioned to shape curricula that meet the needs of their students.”

What You Need To Know

  • Rep. Thomas Massie, R-Crescent Springs, has reintroduced a bill to eliminate the federal Department of Education

  • He first filed the legislation in 2017 

  • President Donald Trump made closing the agency an issue in his reelection campaign

  • CNN reports, according to sources, the Trump administration has started working on an executive order to start dismantling the agency

Massie, who says he is a product of public education, first filed legislation to eliminate the agency in 2017 and has repeatedly reintroduced it.

He celebrated when last summer President Donald Trump made closing the department an issue in his campaign for the White House. 

CNN reports, according to sources, the Trump administration has started working on an executive order to start the process of dismantling the agency and that the president also would push for lawmakers to take action.

Rep. Morgan McGarvey of Louisville, Kentucky’s only Democrat in Congress, said in a statement that eliminating the department “would harm kids across Kentucky, especially the most vulnerable.”

“But this is bigger than any one agency. Donald Trump and Elon Musk are executing an unconstitutional power grab as we speak, which is why I am doing everything within my power to stop them before they destroy our children’s futures,” McGarvey said.

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