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If you look at polling broadly, you see that the idea of eliminating the department is not very possible. 0.800

👤 Marty West 📋 Interview 🏷️ Government , Education , Politics

Simplified: Polling shows eliminating the Department of Education is not very possible.

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Republicans have gone back and forth on federal involvement in education in the years since. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics , Government , Education

Simplified: Republicans have changed positions on federal education involvement.

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And because it would require a law that means clearing the hurdle of a potential filibuster in the U.S. Senate, which currently requires 60 votes. 1.000

👤 Marty West 📋 Interview 🏷️ Government , Law

Simplified: Eliminating the Department of Education requires a law clearing a potential filibuster in the U.S. Senate requiring 60 votes.

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“We will abolish the Department of Education, end federal meddling in our schools, and promote family choice at all levels of learning,” Republicans promised that year. 0.900

👤 Republicans 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics , Government , Education

Simplified: Republicans promised to abolish Education Department in 1996.

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The Department of Education was created in a 1979 law called the Department of Education Reorganization Act. 1.000

👤 Marty West 📋 Interview 🏷️ Government , Education , Law

Simplified: The Department of Education was created in 1979 by the Department of Education Reorganization Act.

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In 1996, the official Republican party platform included a line on doing just that. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Politics , Government

Simplified: Republican party platform included dismantling Education Department in 1996.

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The department has a long standing role in gathering official statistics on education and both conducting and supporting education, research and development. 1.000

👤 Marty West 📋 Interview 🏷️ Government , Education , Research

Simplified: The Department of Education gathers official statistics on education and supports education research and development.

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The American education system is famously and uniquely decentralized with control over the day-to-day operation of schools in the hands of roughly 14,000 locally elected or appointed school boards. 0.900

👤 Marty West 📋 Interview 🏷️ Education , Government

Simplified: The American education system is decentralized with 14000 locally elected or appointed school boards.

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But he never followed through with dismantling the Education Department. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Government , Education

Simplified: He never dismantled the Education Department.

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Conservatives have been trying to end the Department of Education more or less since it was officially created in 1979. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Education , Government , Politics , History

Simplified: Conservatives trying to end Department of Education since its creation in 1979.

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A third aspect of the department's role, it carries out through its Office of Civil Rights, which works to ensure that all schools receiving federal funds abide by federal civil rights laws. 1.000

👤 Marty West 📋 Interview 🏷️ Government , Education , Law

Simplified: The Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights ensures schools receiving federal funds abide by federal civil rights laws.

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President Ronald Reagan talked about it during his 1982 State of the Union address. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Education , Government , Politics , History

Simplified: President Ronald Reagan talked about ending Department of Education during 1982 State of the Union address.

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The Trump administration has promised the department’s functions will be assigned to other agencies. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Education , Government , Politics

Simplified: Trump administration promised Department of Education functions will be assigned to other agencies.

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Second, the department issues regulations on the use of funds. 1.000

👤 Marty West 📋 Interview 🏷️ Government , Education , Law

Simplified: The Department of Education issues regulations on the use of funds.

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Trump’s 2026 budget proposal would cut federal education funding by 15%. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Education , Government , Finance

Simplified: Trump's 2026 budget proposal would cut federal education funding by 15%.

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These regulations address how federal funds can and can't be used, but sometimes they also say what other policies must be in place for states school districts, institutions of higher education to acc... 1.000

👤 Marty West 📋 Interview 🏷️ Government , Education , Law

Simplified: Regulations address how federal funds can and cannot be used and what policies must be in place to accept federal funds.

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Some 1,300 employees — about half the Education Department’s workforce — will be fired as of August 1 in what’s called a “reduction in force.” 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Education , Government , Employment

Simplified: 1300 employees half Education Department workforce fired August 1 in reduction in force.

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The department spends even more on higher education through Pell Grants and the Federal Student Loan Program. 1.000

👤 Marty West 📋 Interview 🏷️ Government , Education , Finance

Simplified: The Department of Education spends more on higher education through Pell Grants and the Federal Student Loan Program.

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The two largest funding streams by far provide additional funds to school districts to serve economically disadvantaged students and students with disabilities. 1.000

👤 Marty West 📋 Interview 🏷️ Government , Education , Finance

Simplified: The largest funding streams provide funds to school districts for disadvantaged students and students with disabilities.

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The Education Department also manages the $1.6 trillion federal student loan program, investigates discrimination, and provides research and data on how US students are performing. 0.900

👤 The author 📋 News Article 🏷️ Education , Government , Finance

Simplified: Education Department manages $1.6 trillion student loan program investigates discrimination provides research data.

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