Debate Intensifies Over GOP Push to Abolish U.S. Education Department

A Republican senator, Mike Rounds, has introduced a bill to eliminate the Department of Education, fulfilling a campaign promise by former President Donald Trump. The bill, titled the Returning Education to Our States Act, proposes redistributing federal education programs to other departments and allocating K-12 education funds to states via block grants. Key programs would be moved to departments like Treasury, Health and Human Services, and Labor. The changes would not immediately affect student loan borrowers, as existing programs and repayment plans would remain unchanged unless future congressional actions alter them.