AFPI-GA Calls for the Return of Education Authority to the States

Atlanta, GA—The America First Policy Institute’s Georgia Chapter (AFPI-GA) issued the following statement as the House Rules Committee blocked House Resolution 1789 from moving forward, which would support the dissolution of the U.S. Department of Education and the return of education authority to the states:

“As promised, President Trump and Secretary McMahon are returning power over education to the states, putting decisions and accountability for results closer to students, teachers, and families,” said Erika Donalds, chair of Education Opportunity at AFPI. “One committee’s denial of this reality will only delay the state from taking proactive measures to take charge of education again.”

“Since its creation in 1980, the Department of Education has not improved student outcomes, and its expanding federal regulations have hindered states’ ability to effectively educate their students,” said Rebecca Yardley, Executive Director of AFPI-GA. “HR1789 should have been moved to the floor for the full consideration of the House of Representatives, not held up by a single committee that fails to realize Georgia should be in charge of education not the federal government, whether by ignorance or deliberate inaction. The Georgia General Assembly should find every way to assume devolved educational authority in the state to better serve parents and students.”