Ogles Introduces Bill to Codify Trump Department of Education Closure
WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Andy Ogles introduced the Make Education Great Again Act, codifying President Trump’s executive order closing the Department of Education entitled Improving Education Outcomes by Empowering Parents, States, and Communities. In line with the President’s Executive Order, the bill specifically allows the Education Secretary to dramatically cut funds allocated toward the Department and enhance transparency regarding educational content, policies, and funding. This bill will ensure that Congress permits President Trump’s directive to close the Department and that any cuts made by the Secretary are authorized. Nothing in this legislation shall be construed to regulate, restrict, or otherwise affect homeschooling.
“For far too long, the Department of Education has been poisoning the minds of students by injecting woke, anti-American curriculum into our schools. This Department not only oversaw record drops in student literacy and educational excellence, but it waged war against a traditional liberal education rooted in the texts of the Western tradition, classical trivium, and our Biblical heritage, said Congressman Ogles. “ Federalizing education reduced the community classroom to a Marxist breeding ground that influenced students to stray from the principles of their parents, rebel against society, and embrace postmodern nonsense. I am proud to join President Trump in his historic effort to save the American classroom and return character-led excellence to our schools.”
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