On Friday, U.S. Rep. Barry Moore (R-Enterprise) introduced a bill that would abolish the Department of Education. The bill would instead provide funding directly to the states for elementary and secondary education.

This week I introduced legislation to abolish the Department of Education, which has become a nest of radical D.C. activists masquerading as educators pushing indoctrination schemes of radical anti-American ideas.

— Rep. Barry Moore (@RepBarryMoore) February 10, 2023

“The Department of Education is a nest of radical D.C. activists masquerading as educators pushing indoctrination schemes of radical anti-American ideas. For our children’s protection, it must be abolished,” said Moore in a press release. “Across our country, we have seen taxpayer dollars used to expose children to radical gender and race ideologies without the consent of their parents. The education of our children should not belong to the federal government – it is time to return those rights to parents.”

Moore also added a list to the release highlighting examples of “radical left indoctrination by the Department of Education in our school.”

Examples include:

• Department of Education policy requires that students be treated according to their gender identity rather than biological sex. Schools cannot require students to change the gender marker on IDs or show evidence of medical treatment in order to be treated based on gender identity, and this can be done without the consent of their parents.
• In 2021, the Biden Administration’s Department of Education attempted to require Critical Race Theory be taught in all schools as a priority for American History and Civics Education programs. After a great deal of backlash, Education Secretary Miguel Cardona rescinded the proposed priorities.
• As a way to advance radical gender ideologies, the Biden Administration’s Department of Education created an Office of Safe and Supportive Schools which spends taxpayer dollars to offer non-binary and transgender sensitivity training to public schools across the country.

The bill is cosponsored by GOP Reps. Ralph Norman (S.C.), Matt Gaetz (Fla.), Byron Donalds (Fla.), Marjorie Taylor Green (Ga.), and Eli Crane (Ariz.).

Yaffee is a contributing writer to Yellowhammer News and hosts “The Yaffee Program” weekdays 9-11 a.m. on WVNN. You can follow him on Twitter @Yaffee