# What This Bill Actually Does

This bill proposes to shut down the entire Department of Education by the end of 2023. The Department of Education is a federal agency that currently oversees student loans, special education services, civil rights enforcement in schools, and distributes federal funding to schools across the country. If this bill became law, this agency would simply cease to exist.

The practical impact would be significant and far-reaching. Federal student loans—which millions of Americans rely on—would need to be handled by some other agency or transferred elsewhere, though the bill doesn't specify how. Schools that depend on federal funding for programs like special education, Title I funding for low-income schools, and school lunch programs would lose that money unless Congress created a new system to distribute it. Students with disabilities who currently receive protections and services under federal law could lose those guarantees. Teachers and school administrators would face uncertainty about how their schools would operate without federal support and oversight.

It's important to note that this bill is extremely bare-bones—it simply says the department ends on a specific date without explaining what happens to its responsibilities, its employees, or the programs it currently runs. In practice, Congress would need to pass additional legislation to handle all these details before the department could actually shut down. This bill has been introduced multiple times by various members of Congress but has never passed into law.

To terminate the Department of Education.

Massie, Thomas

 <p>This bill terminates the Department of Education on December 31, 2023.</p>