@EdWorkforceCmte Introduces "Less Bureaucracy, Better Education" Legislative Package
Today, Education and Workforce Committee Chairman Tim Walberg (R-MI) announced the introduction of 10 bills to begin codifying the Trump administration's plan to right-size the Department of Education and ensure students, families, educators, and taxpayers are served by a government that puts results ahead of bureaucracy.
Chairman Walberg said:"For decades, Washington has measured success by how much government grows instead of how well students do. The legislative package reflects a simple principle: education policy should be focused on helping students succeed—not preserving a federal bureaucracy for its own sake. Rather than allowing unnecessary layers of Washington bureaucracy stand between families and the services they rely on, the bills would transfer key statutory authorities to agencies better equipped to carry them out while maintaining continuity for students and stakeholders."
The package includes:
- H.R. 9607, Less Bureaucracy, Better Workforce Development Act, introduced by Chairman Walberg
- H.R. 9610, Less Bureaucracy, Better K-12 Education Act, introduced by Rep. Mark Harris (R-NC)
- H.R. 9611, Less Bureaucracy, Better Higher Education Act, introduced by Rep. Mark Harris (R-NC)
- H.R. 9605, Less Bureaucracy, Better Foreign Medical Accreditation Act, introduced by Rep. Glenn Grothman (R-WI)
- H.R. 9604, Less Bureaucracy, Better Tribal Education Act, introduced by Rep. Burgess Owens (R-UT)
- H.R. 9606, Less Bureaucracy, Better Child Care for Student Parents Act, introduced by Rep. Bob Onder (R-MO)
- H.R. 9603, Less Bureaucracy, Better International Education Oversight Act, introduced by Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC)
- H.R. 9602, Less Bureaucracy, Better Foreign Gift Transparency Act, introduced by Rep. Michael Baumgartner (R-WA)
- H.R. 9608, Less Bureaucracy, Better Family Engagement Act, introduced by Rep. Mary Miller (R-IL)
- H.R. 9609, Less Bureaucracy, Better Student Aid Act, introduced by Chairman Walberg
Together, the bills represent Congress's first legislative step to modernize federal education law by streamlining administration, reducing unnecessary bureaucracy, and ensuring federal responsibilities are carried out by agencies best positioned to administer them—all while keeping the focus where it belongs: on students, families, and taxpayers.