Rounds introduces legislation to eliminate U.S. Department of Education

Legislation would return education to local control, redistribute critical programs to existing federal DepartmentsWASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) introduced the “Returning Education to Our States Act” which would eliminate the U.S. Department of Education and redistribute all critical federal programs under other departments.The Department was created in 1979 with the goal of collecting…