U.S. Congressman Aaron Bean (FL-04) Chairman of the Early Childhood, Secondary, and Elementary Subcommittee, introduced the “Fostering Resource Efficiency in Education by Zero Employment Act.” This bill otherwise known as the “Freeze Act” will impose a hiring freeze at the U.S. Department of Education (DoE).
Congressman Bean introduced this bill with fellow Education and Workforce Committee colleagues Mary Miller (IL-15) and Nathaniel Moran (TX-01).
“Parents should have the loudest voice in their kids’ educational development, not unelected government bureaucrats. It’s past time to get the feds out of the classroom and stop the ever-increasing bureaucracy at the Department of Education. Imposing a hiring freeze at the department is just the first step to decrease the role of the federal government and return education policy to where it belongs—the state and local level,” said Congressman Bean.
“Parents should play a central role in their children’s education, not the federal government. I am proud to stand with House Republicans in their effort to hold the Biden Department of Education accountable to parents and taxpayers, as the Biden administration continues to advocate for policies allowing men in girls’ restrooms and locker rooms, and forcing our daughters to compete against men in school sports. Parents are the God-given advocates for their children, not the radical Left,” said Congresswoman Miller, Vice Chair of the Education and Workforce Committee.
Wouldn’t bother me if they eliminated it all together. It has only been in existence since 1980.
I’ve been calling for the Dept of Education to be eliminated for several years now.
100% agree! The Feds have no business being in education at all! The Federal government is bloated and inefficient. Leave education to State and local government!
The Dept. of Education is comprised of professionals who have been instrumental in helping to attain equal access to educational funding, science-based curricula, and instilling democratic principles in our children. The current push by extremist conservatives and religious fanatics to control public education, in the guise of “parental rights,” will push us back into the intolerant and ignorant era of the 1950’s.
I have to disagree. Our schools nationwide have utterly failed to instill “democratic principles” in our youth with polls showing large segments of the younger generation advocating for socialism and communism and expressing animosity and disdain for the country in general. And they learned all this from the mouths of their “professional” teachers. We have colleges where freedom of speech … last I looked it was considered a “democratic principle” … is expressly not allowed. Since creation of the U.S. Dept. of Education the tests all show that our education system has indeed attained funding but hasn’t performed well in producing results. Parental rights do not belong in ” ” … I’m sorry you don’t believe parents have the right to oversee the education of their children. This is not an extremist or fanatical position. To believe otherwise you really are more in line with Cuba and North Korea.
“I’m sick and tired of people who say that if you debate and disagree with this administration, somehow you’re not patriotic. We need to stand up and say we’re Americans, and we have the right to debate and disagree with any administration.” ― Hillary Rodham Clinton
I’m assuming you are offering this comment to agree with me. Just because we find fault with the current regime’s overreaching educational policies does not make one an “extremist” or “fanatical”. Though Hillary Clinton’s name or thoughts should never be taken seriously or used as a barometer of what is right or good. Ever. When she apologizes for the production of the infamous Steele dossier … then we can talk. She should go away and be forgotten.
Sorry for the confusion, I was meaning to imply that i am getting sick and tired of anyone who disagrees with this administration being labeled as some kind of “Right Wing Extremist” – I just love this particular Hillary quote because it clearly illustrates the total hypocrisy of the left.
Da publik skul systim has failed. Have of the adult population in the United Sates can not add fractions with deferent danominators. Seriously.
Well I doubt you’ll be around to see that. Oh and nice try with the rhetoric. Anybody who reads this rag knows you’re a former government bureaucrat union teacher.
That which is not expressly called for by the constitution belongs to the states. I don’t see a DOE anywhere in the constitution.
Federal Government Expenditures is what mainly drives inflation. It would have been nice if Congressman Bean had called for the end of the DOE and a few other Federal Agencies. But one can guess that some of his corporate sponsors (Big Banking, Big Pharma, etc.) would not like that.