Senator Mike Rounds, Republican South Dakota, remembered the name, just introduced a bill that would abolish the Department of Education.

States, for the most part, prefer to make their decisions on how they educate the children on their own.

They really don't need a bureaucrat in Washington, D.C., sending out a one-size-fits-all policy in order to receive

federal funding in a particular...

It matters because Rounds has a powerful ally on this one.

We're going to end education coming out of Washington, D.C. We're going to close it up,

all those buildings all over the place, and yet people...

Can it be done?

It would require an act of Congress to get rid of the Department of Education.

I don't know that there's enough support among Republicans.

There's certainly not 60 votes in the Senate to do it.

So as long as we have a filibuster, I think it's probably not happening.

Then why has this idea held such appeal for 40 years on Today Explained?

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