SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Senator Mike Rounds is proposing legislation to do away with the U.S. Department of Education.
It’s called the “Returning Education to Our States Act.”
The move falls in line with president-elect Trump’s promise to eliminate the Department of Education which was formed in 1979.
“It’s time to look at it again, get the dollars back to the states, allow the states to do this with input from the local districts that block grant it, I think that’s where the best decisions are made. Get rid of the Federal red tape, get rid of the regulatory activity coming from bureaucrats in Washington D.C.,” Rounds said.
Rounds says under his plan the state of South Dakota and the tribes should get the same amount of federal dollars they’ve been getting.
We’ll have more on this story later Friday night online and on-air.
