U.S. Congress legislation · 119th Congress
HB9610: Less Bureaucracy, Better K–12 Education Act
Status: In committee, July 15, 2026
To ensure the Secretary of Labor will manage elementary and secondary education programs, and for other purposes.
What the bill says
To ensure the Secretary of Labor will manage elementary and secondary education programs, and for other purposes.
From the introduced text, July 9, 2026:
A BILL To ensure the Secretary of Labor will manage elementary and secondary education programs, and for other purposes. SECTION 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Less Bureaucracy, Better K-12 Education Act . SECTION 2. Transfer of Department of Education functions relating to the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education There are transferred to the Secretary of Labor all the functions which the Secretary of Education exercised before the effective date of this Act (including all related functions of any officer or employee of the Department of Education) with respect to each of the following: (1) The Improving Academic Achievement of the Disadvantaged formula grant program authorized under title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq. ). (2) Functions authorized under part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 6311 et seq. ). (3) The Improving Academic Achievement of the Disadvantaged State Assessment Grants program authorized under part B of title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 6361 et seq. ), including the Competitive Grants for State Assessments program authorized under section 1203(b)(1) of such Act ( 20 U.S.C. 6363(b)(1) ). (4) The Education of Migratory Children program authorized under part …
Sponsors
- Mark Harris (R, HD-NC-8) · primary sponsor
- Michael Rulli (R, HD-006)
Latest actions
- : Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 19 - 16.
- : Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- : Referred to the Committee on Education and Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on Financial Services, Natural Resources, and Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- : Introduced in House
Subjects: Department of Education, Civics education, Department of Labor, Education programs funding, Executive agency funding and structure, Education, Language arts, Education of the disadvantaged
Common questions
- What is HB9610?
- HB9610 is a bill in Congress (119th Congress): Less Bureaucracy, Better K–12 Education Act.
- What does HB9610 do?
- In its own words: To ensure the Secretary of Labor will manage elementary and secondary education programs, and for other purposes.
- What is the status of HB9610?
- In committee as of July 15, 2026. Latest action: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 19 - 16. (July 15, 2026).
- Who sponsored HB9610?
- Mark Harris (R, HD-NC-8), with 1 co-sponsor.
- Where is the official record for HB9610?
- On the Congress website: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/9610
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