House Committee Approves 10 Bills to Dismantle Education Department

The House Committee on Education and Workforce approved a 10-bill legislative package titled Less Bureaucracy, Better Education to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education. The plan permanently transfers the department's core functions to other agencies, including the Department of Labor for elementary and secondary education, the Treasury Department for federal student aid, the State Department for international education, and the Interior Department for tribal education. The Department of Health and Human Services would assume responsibility for family engagement and foreign medical school accreditation.

This legislative push follows a March 2025 executive order from Donald Trump directing the closure of the agency to return education oversight to the states. Secretary Linda McMahon worked with House Republicans to implement interagency agreements and draft the bills to codify these transfers.

Democratic committee members criticized the plan as impractical and unstable for students and educators. Representative Suzanne Bonamici introduced an impeachment resolution against McMahon, alleging that the secretary used unlawful interagency agreements to circumvent congressional authority. While the package advanced from the House panel, it faces a difficult path in the Senate, where Republicans hold 53 seats and lack the 60 votes required to bypass a filibuster.