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Progress in the Fight for Educational Freedom.

The government shutdown proved an argument that conservatives have been making for 45 years.

The U.S. Department of Education is mostly a pass-through for funds that are best managed by the states.

The most significant thing about this statement in a November 16 USA Today editorial is not its substance.

As the editorial's author points out, the argument presented is not new.

The most significant thing about the statement is that its author is Education Secretary Lyndon

McMan. Unlike many in DC, Secretary McMahon backs up her words with action. She is dismantling the Department of Education

fulfilling one of President Trump's campaign promises. Since President Trump and Secretary McMahon cannot

close the Department in absent authorizing legislation, legislation

that appears unlikely to pass in the current Congress. Secretary McMahon is gutting the Department

by transferring responsibility for most of its function to other parts of the government.

Secretary McMahon has moved to the Labor Department, the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education,

which administers 27 K through 12 grant programs, and the Office of Post-Secondary Education, which administers 14 programs

aimed at helping college students as well as several other programs.

The Interior Department will manage the Indian Education Program while the State Department will manage the Federal Foreign Language Education Program.

The Department of Education will, for the time being, ensure schools are complying with federal civil rights laws.

Spreading education programs among several different departments may reduce spending.

For example, it could spur Congress to stop wasting millions of dollars a year on public relations

for the Education Department. However, it does not necessarily reduce federal involvement in education.

Therefore, those of us committed to restoring control over education to local communities

must continue to advocate for eliminating all federal education programs.

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