Rep. Barry Moore introduces legislation to abolish the Department of Education
Washington, D.C. — Rep. Barry Moore (AL-02) introduced legislation that would abolish the United States Department of Education and instead provide funding directly to the States for elementary and secondary education. The bill is cosponsored by Reps. Ralph Norman (SC-05), Matt Gaetz (FL-01), Byron Donalds (FL-19), Marjorie Taylor Green (GA-14), and Eli Crane (AZ-02).
"The Department of Education is a nest of radical D.C. activists masquerading as educators pushing indoctrination schemes of radical anti-American ideas. For our children’s protection, it must be abolished,” said Moore. “Across our country, we have seen taxpayer dollars used to expose children to radical gender and race ideologies without the consent of their parents. The education of our children should not belong to the federal government – it is time to return those rights to parents."
Examples of radical left indoctrination by the Department of Education in our schools:
- Department of Education policy requires that students be treated according to their gender identity rather than biological sex. Schools cannot require students to change the gender marker on IDs or show evidence of medical treatment in order to be treated based on gender identity, and this can be done without the consent of their parents.
- In 2021, the Biden Administration's Department of Education attempted to require Critical Race Theory be taught in all schools as a priority for American History and Civics Education programs. After a great deal of backlash, Education Secretary Miguel Cardona rescinded the proposed priorities.
- As a way to advance radical gender ideologies, the Biden Administration's Department of Education created an Office of Safe and Supportive Schools which spends taxpayer dollars to offer non-binary and transgender sensitivity training to public schools across the country.