I 

114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 773 

To repeal programs under the Department of Education, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 5, 2015 

Mr. YOHO (for himself, Mr. DUNCAN of South Carolina, Mr. JONES, Mr. 

FRANKS of Arizona, Mr. OLSON, Mr. LAMALFA, and Mr. WEBER of 

Texas) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 

on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the Committees on 

Small Business and Science, Space, and Technology, 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 

A BILL 

To repeal programs under the Department of Education, 

and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Transform Education 

5 in America through Choice Act of 2015’’. 

6 SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

Sec. 1. Short title. 

Sec. 2. Table of contents. 


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Sec. 3. Findings. 

TITLE I—TITLE I PORTABILITY 

Sec. 101. Title I portability. 

TITLE II—EDUCATION PORTABILITY FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH 

DISABILITIES 

Sec. 201. Purpose. 

Sec. 202. Amendments to the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. 

TITLE III—REPEALS OF CERTAIN DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

PROGRAMS 

Subtitle A—Repeals of Department of Education Programs 

Sec. 301. Elementary and secondary education programs. 

Sec. 302. Higher education programs. 

Sec. 303. Rehabilitation Act programs. 

Sec. 304. Adult Education and Family Literacy Act. 

Sec. 305. America COMPETES Act. 

Sec. 306. American History and Civics Education Act of 2004. 

Sec. 307. American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. 

Sec. 308. Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act of 2006. 

Sec. 309. Erma Byrd Scholarship program. 

Sec. 310. Small Business Act. 

Subtitle B—Exemptions 

Sec. 321. Exemptions to repeal. 

TITLE IV—REDUCTION OF DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

WORKFORCE 

Sec. 401. Reduction. 

1 SEC. 3. FINDINGS. 

2 Congress finds the following: 

3 (1) Principles of federalism embodied in the 

4 Constitution of the United States entrust authority 

5 over issues of educational policy to the States and 

6 the people and a Department of Education is incon7 sistent with such principles. 

8 (2) Tradition and experience dictate that the 

9 governance and management of schools in the 


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1 United States are best performed by parents, teach2 ers, and communities. 

3 (3) The intrusion by the Department of Edu4 cation into education policy has not benefitted the 

5 quality of education in this Nation. 

6 (4) The Department of Education has weak7 ened the ability of parents to make essential deci8 sions about their children’s education and has un9 dermined the capacity of communities to govern 

10 their schools. 

11 (5) In the 35 years of its existence, the Depart12 ment of Education has grown from 130 programs 

13 and a budget of $14 billion to over 230 separately 

14 authorized programs which cost nearly $70 billion 

15 annually. Meanwhile, education performance has de16 teriorated. 

17 (6) The Department of Education has fostered 

18 over-regulation, standardization, bureaucratization, 

19 and litigation in United States education. 

20 (7) The Department of Education expends 

21 large amounts of money on its own maintenance and 

22 overhead. As an organization, it is inefficient, ill 

23 managed, and wasteful. 


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1 (8) Recent tests reflect poor results in mathe2 matics and reading for American students compared 

3 with students from other nations. 

4 (9) Only through initiatives led by parents and 

5 local communities with the power to act can the 

6 United States elevate educational performance to7 ward an acceptable level. 

8 (10) The Department of Education has been 

9 hostile to many promising reform ideas. 

10 TITLE I—TITLE I PORTABILITY 

11 SEC. 101. TITLE I PORTABILITY. 

12 Part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary 

13 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6311 et seq.) is amend14 ed by adding at the end the following: 

15 ‘‘SEC. 1128. STATE OPTION TO ALLOW TITLE I FUNDS TO 

16 FOLLOW THE LOW-INCOME CHILD. 

17 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other pro18 vision of law and to the extent permitted under State law, 

19 a State educational agency may allocate grant funds re20 ceived under this part among the local educational agen21 cies in the State based on the number of eligible children 

22 enrolled in the public schools operated by each local edu23 cational agency and State-accredited private schools with24 in each local educational agency’s geographic jurisdiction. 

25 ‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE CHILD.— 


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1 ‘‘(1) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term 

2 ‘eligible child’ means a child from a family with an 

3 income below the poverty level on the basis of the 

4 most recent satisfactory data published by the De5 partment of Commerce. 

6 ‘‘(2) CRITERIA OF POVERTY.—In determining 

7 the families with incomes below the poverty level for 

8 the purposes of this section, a State educational 

9 agency shall use the criteria of poverty used by the 

10 Census Bureau in compiling the most recent decen11 nial census, as the criteria have been updated by in12 creases in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban 

13 Consumers, published by the Bureau of Labor Sta14 tistics. 

15 ‘‘(c) STUDENT ENROLLMENT IN PUBLIC AND PRI16 VATE SCHOOLS.— 

17 ‘‘(1) IDENTIFICATION OF ELIGIBLE CHIL18 DREN.—On an annual basis, on a date to be deter19 mined by the State educational agency, each local 

20 educational agency that receives grant funding in ac21 cordance with subsection (a) shall inform the State 

22 educational agency of the number of eligible children 

23 enrolled in public schools served by the local edu24 cational agency and State-accredited private schools 


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1 within each local educational agency’s geographic ju2 risdiction. 

3 ‘‘(2) ALLOCATION TO LOCAL EDUCATIONAL

4 AGENCIES.—Based on the identification of eligible 

5 children in paragraph (1), the State educational 

6 agency shall provide to a local educational agency 

7 grant funds the State educational agency received 

8 under this part in an amount equal to the sum of 

9 the amount available for each eligible child in the 

10 State, as determined by the Secretary, multiplied by 

11 the number of eligible children identified by the local 

12 educational agency under paragraph (1). 

13 ‘‘(3) DISTRIBUTION TO SCHOOLS.—Each local 

14 educational agency that receives funds under para15 graph (2) shall distribute such funds to the public 

16 schools served by the local educational agency and 

17 State-accredited private schools within each local 

18 educational agency’s geographic jurisdiction— 

19 ‘‘(A) based on the number of eligible chil20 dren enrolled in such schools; and 

21 ‘‘(B) in a manner that would, in the ab22 sence of such Federal funds, supplement the 

23 funds made available from non-Federal re24 sources for the education of pupils participating 


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1 in programs under this part, and not to sup2 plant such funds.’’. 

3 TITLE II—EDUCATION PORT4 ABILITY FOR INDIVIDUALS 

5 WITH DISABILITIES 

6 SEC. 201. PURPOSE. 

7 The purpose of this title is to provide options to 

8 States to innovate and improve the education of children 

9 with disabilities by expanding the choices for students and 

10 parents under the Individuals with Disabilities Education 

11 Act (20 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.). 

12 SEC. 202. AMENDMENTS TO THE INDIVIDUALS WITH DIS13 ABILITIES EDUCATION ACT. 

14 (a) CHILDREN ENROLLED IN PRIVATE SCHOOLS BY

15 THEIR PARENTS.—Section 612(a)(10)(A) of the Individ16 uals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 

17 1412(a)(10)(A)) is amended by adding at the end the fol18 lowing: 

19 ‘‘(viii) PARENT OPTION PROGRAM.—If 

20 a State has established a program that 

21 meets the requirements of section 

22 663(c)(11) (whether statewide or in limited 

23 areas of the State) and that allows a par24 ent of a child described in section 

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1 vate funds in accordance with 

2 663(c)(11)(B)(ii), to pay some or all of the 

3 costs of attendance at a private school— 

4 ‘‘(I) funds allocated to the State 

5 under section 611 may be used by the 

6 State to supplement such public or 

7 private funds, if the Federal funds are 

8 distributed to parents who make a 

9 genuine independent choice as to the 

10 appropriate school for their child, ex11 cept that in no case shall the amount 

12 of Federal funds provided under this 

13 subclause to a parent of a child with 

14 a disability for a year exceed the total 

15 amount of tuition, fees, and transpor16 tation costs for the child for the year; 

17 ‘‘(II) the authorization of a par18 ent to exercise this option fulfills the 

19 State’s obligation under paragraph (1) 

20 with respect to the child during the 

21 period in which the child is enrolled in 

22 the selected school; and 

23 ‘‘(III) a selected school accepting 

24 such funds shall not be required to 


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1 carry out any of the requirements of 

2 this title with respect to such child.’’. 

3 (b) RESEARCH AND INNOVATION TO IMPROVE SERV4 ICES AND RESULTS FOR CHILDREN WITH DISABIL5 ITIES.—Section 663(c) of the Individuals with Disabilities 

6 Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1463(c)) is amended— 

7 (1) in paragraph (9), by striking ‘‘and’’ after 

8 the semicolon; 

9 (2) in paragraph (10), by striking the period 

10 and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

11 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

12 ‘‘(11) supporting the post-award planning and 

13 design, and the initial implementation (which may 

14 include costs for informing the community, acquiring 

15 necessary equipment and supplies, and other initial 

16 operational costs), during a period of not more than 

17 3 years, of State programs that allow the parent of 

18 a child with a disability to make a genuine inde19 pendent choice of the appropriate public or private 

20 school for their child, if the program— 

21 ‘‘(A) requires that the child be a child who 

22 has received an initial evaluation described in 

23 section 614(a) and has been identified as a 

24 child with a disability, in accordance with part 

25 B; 


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1 ‘‘(B)(i) permits the parent to receive from 

2 the State funds to be used to pay some or all 

3 of the costs of attendance at the selected school 

4 (which may include tuition, fees, and transpor5 tation costs); or 

6 ‘‘(ii) permits persons to receive a State tax 

7 credit for donations to an entity that provides 

8 funds to parents of eligible students described 

9 in subparagraph (A), to be used by the parents 

10 to pay some or all of the costs of attendance at 

11 the selected school (which may include tuition, 

12 fees, and transportation costs); 

13 ‘‘(C) prohibits any school that agrees to 

14 participate in the program from discriminating 

15 against eligible students on the basis of race, 

16 color, national origin, or sex, except that— 

17 ‘‘(i) the prohibition of sex discrimina18 tion shall not apply to a participating 

19 school that is operated by, supervised by, 

20 controlled by, or connected to a religious 

21 organization to the extent that the applica22 tion of such prohibition is inconsistent with 

23 the religious tenets or beliefs of the school; 

24 and 


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1 ‘‘(ii) notwithstanding this subpara2 graph or any other provision of law, a par3 ent may choose, and a school may offer, a 

4 single-sex school, class, or activity; 

5 ‘‘(D) notwithstanding any other provision 

6 of law, allows any school participating in the 

7 program that is operated by, supervised by, 

8 controlled by, or connected to, a religious orga9 nization to exercise its right in matters of em10 ployment consistent with title VII of the Civil 

11 Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000e et seq.), 

12 including the exemptions in that title; 

13 ‘‘(E) allows a school to participate in the 

14 program without, consistent with the First 

15 Amendment of the Constitution of the United 

16 States— 

17 ‘‘(i) necessitating any change in the 

18 participating school’s teaching mission; 

19 ‘‘(ii) requiring any private partici20 pating school to remove religious art, 

21 icons, scriptures, or other symbols; or 

22 ‘‘(iii) precluding any private partici23 pating school from retaining religious 

24 terms in its name, selecting its board 

25 members on a religious basis, or including 


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1 religious references in its mission state2 ments and other chartering or governing 

3 documents; and 

4 ‘‘(F) requires a participating school se5 lected for a child with a disability to be aca6 demically accountable to the parent for meeting 

7 the educational needs of the student.’’. 

8 TITLE III—REPEALS OF CERTAIN 

9 DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

10 PROGRAMS 

11 Subtitle A—Repeals of Department 

12 of Education Programs 

13 SEC. 301. ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION PRO14 GRAMS. 

15 (a) FIRST YEAR REPEALS.—The following provisions 

16 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 

17 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.) are repealed not later than 1 

18 year after the date of enactment of this Act: 

19 (1) Subpart 2 of part B of title I (20 U.S.C. 

20 6371 et seq.; relating to Early Reading First). 

21 (2) Subpart 3 of part B of title I (20 U.S.C. 

22 6381 et seq.; relating to the William F. Goodling 

23 Even Start Family Literacy programs). 


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1 (3) Subpart 4 of part B of title I (20 U.S.C. 

2 6383; relating to improving literacy through school 

3 libraries). 

4 (4) Section 1502 (20 U.S.C. 6492; relating to 

5 demonstrations of innovative practices). 

6 (5) Section 1504 (20 U.S.C. 6494; relating to 

7 the Close Up Fellowship program). 

8 (6) Part F of title I (20 U.S.C. 6511 et seq.; 

9 relating to comprehensive school reform). 

10 (7) Part H of title I (20 U.S.C. 6551 et seq.; 

11 relating to school dropout prevention/high school 

12 graduation initiative). 

13 (8) Section 2151(b) (20 U.S.C. 6651(b); relat14 ing to school leadership). 

15 (9) Section 2151(c) (20 U.S.C. 6651(c); relat16 ing to advanced certification or advanced 

17 credentialing). 

18 (10) Section 2151(d) (20 U.S.C. 6651(d); relat19 ing to special education teacher training). 

20 (11) Section 2151(e) (20 U.S.C. 6651(e); relat21 ing to early childhood educator professional develop22 ment). 

23 (12) Section 2151(f) (20 U.S.C. 6651(f); relat24 ing to teacher mobility). 


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1 (13) Subpart 2 of part C of title II (20 U.S.C. 

2 6701 et seq.; relating to the National Writing 

3 Project). 

4 (14) Subpart 4 of part C of title II (20 U.S.C. 

5 6721 et seq.; relating to the teaching of traditional 

6 American history). 

7 (15) Part D of title II (20 U.S.C. 6751 et seq.; 

8 relating to enhancing education through technology). 

9 (16) Part B of title III (20 U.S.C. 6891 et seq.; 

10 commonly referred to as the ‘‘Improving Language 

11 Instruction Educational Programs for Academic 

12 Achievement Act’’). 

13 (17) Section 4003(1) (20 U.S.C. 7103(1); relat14 ing to subpart 1 of part A of title IV). 

15 (18) Subpart 1 of part A of title IV (20 U.S.C. 

16 7111 et seq.; relating to State grants for safe and 

17 drug-free schools and communities). 

18 (19) Section 4129 (20 U.S.C. 7139; relating to 

19 grants to reduce alcohol abuse). 

20 (20) Section 4130 (20 U.S.C. 7140; relating to 

21 mentoring programs). 

22 (21) Subpart 2 of part D of title V (20 U.S.C. 

23 7245; relating to elementary and secondary school 

24 counseling programs). 


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1 (22) Subpart 3 of part D of title V (20 U.S.C. 

2 7247; relating to partnerships in character edu3 cation). 

4 (23) Subpart 4 of part D of title V (20 U.S.C. 

5 7249; relating to smaller learning communities). 

6 (24) Subpart 5 of part D of title V (20 U.S.C. 

7 7251; relating to the Reading is Fundamental—In8 expensive Book Distribution program). 

9 (25) Subpart 6 of part D of title V (20 U.S.C. 

10 7253 et seq.; relating to gifted and talented stu11 dents). 

12 (26) Subpart 7 of part D of title V (20 U.S.C. 

13 7255 et seq.; commonly referred to as the ‘‘Star 

14 Schools Act’’). 

15 (27) Subpart 8 of part D of title V (20 U.S.C. 

16 7257 et seq.; relating to the Ready to Teach pro17 gram). 

18 (28) Subpart 9 of part D of title V (20 U.S.C. 

19 7259 et seq.; commonly referred to as the ‘‘Foreign 

20 Language Assistance Act of 2001’’). 

21 (29) Subpart 10 of part D of title V (20 U.S.C. 

22 7261 et seq.; commonly referred to as the ‘‘Carol M. 

23 White Physical Education Program’’). 


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1 (30) Subpart 11 of part D of title V (20 U.S.C. 

2 7263 et seq.; relating to community technology cen3 ters). 

4 (31) Subpart 12 of part D of title V (20 U.S.C. 

5 7265 et seq.; relating to educational, cultural, ap6 prenticeship, and exchange programs for Alaska Na7 tives, Native Hawaiians, and their historical whaling 

8 and trading partners in Massachusetts). 

9 (32) Subpart 13 of part D of title V (20 U.S.C. 

10 7267 et seq.; commonly referred to as the ‘‘Excel11 lence in Economic Education Act of 2001’’). 

12 (33) Subpart 14 of part D of title V (20 U.S.C. 

13 7269 et seq.; relating to grants to improve the men14 tal health of children). 

15 (34) Subpart 15 of part D of title V (20 U.S.C. 

16 7271; relating to arts in education). 

17 (35) Subpart 17 of part D of title V (20 U.S.C. 

18 7275; relating to combating domestic violence). 

19 (36) Subpart 18 of part D of title V (20 U.S.C. 

20 7277 et seq.; relating to healthy, high-performance 

21 schools). 

22 (37) Subpart 21 of part D of title V (20 U.S.C. 

23 7283 et seq.; commonly referred to as the ‘‘Women’s 

24 Educational Equity Act of 2001’’). 


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1 (38) Subpart 3 of part C of title II (20 U.S.C. 

2 6715; relating to civic education: cooperative civic 

3 education and economic education exchange). 

4 (39) Sections 2341–2344 of subpart 3 of part 

5 C (20 U.S.C. 6711–6714; relating to civic education: 

6 We the People Program). 

7 (40) Part G of title I (20 U.S.C. et seq.; relat8 ing to Advanced Placement Incentive Program and 

9 Advanced Placement Test Fee Program). 

10 (41) Section 1232(a) of subpart 3 of part B of 

11 title I (20 U.S.C. 638a(a); relating to Migrant Edu12 cation Program—Even Start). 

13 (42) Section 2431 of subpart 3 of part D of 

14 title II (20 U.S.C. 16775; relating Transition-to15 Learn Television). 

16 (b) SECOND YEAR REPEALS.—The following provi17 sions of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 

18 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.) are repealed not later than 

19 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act: 

20 (1) Subpart 1 of part D of title V (20 U.S.C. 

21 7243 et seq.; relating to the Fund for the Improve22 ment of Education). 

23 (2) Part C of title I (20 U.S.C. 6391–6399; re24 lating to migrant education). 


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1 SEC. 302. HIGHER EDUCATION PROGRAMS. 

2 (a) REPEALS.—The following provisions of the High3 er Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.) are 

4 repealed not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 

5 of this Act: 

6 (1) Section 418A of title IV (20 U.S.C. 1070d– 

7 2; relating to migrant education—high school 

8 equivalency program). 

9 (2) Section 613 of part B of title VI (20 U.S.C. 

10 1113–1130b; relating to business and international 

11 education). 

12 (3) Section 612 of part B of title VI (20 U.S.C. 

13 1103–1; relating to Centers for International Busi14 ness Education). 

15 (4) Part C of title VI (20 U.S.C. 1131–1131f; 

16 relating to Institute for International Public Policy). 

17 (5) Part A of title VI (20 U.S.C. 1125; relating 

18 to international research studies). 

19 (6) Section 603 title VI (20 U.S.C. 1123; relat20 ing to language research centers). 

21 (7) Section 606 (20 U.S.C. 1126; relating to 

22 technological innovation and cooperation for foreign 

23 information access). 

24 (8) Sections 201 to 205 (20 U.S.C. 1021 and 

25 1022–1022c; relating to teacher quality partnership 

26 grants). 


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1 (b) SECOND YEAR REPEALS.—The following provi2 sions of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 

3 1001 et seq.) are repealed not later than 2 years after 

4 the date of enactment of this Act: 

5 (1) Part F of title VIII (20 U.S.C. 1161f; relat6 ing to territories and freely associated States edu7 cation grant program). 

8 (2) Subpart 7 of part A of title IV (20 U.S.C. 

9 1070e; relating to child care access means parents in 

10 school program). 

11 (3) Section 402G (20 U.S.C. 1070a–17; relat12 ing to the training program for Federal TRIO pro13 grams). 

14 (4) Chapter 2 of subpart 2 of part A of title IV 

15 (20 U.S.C. 1070a–21—1070a–28; relating to gain16 ing early awareness and readiness for undergraduate 

17 programs). 

18 (5) Section 418A (20 U.S.C. 1070d–2; relating 

19 to migrant education—college assistance migrant 

20 program). 

21 (6) Section 602 (20 U.S.C. 1122; relating to 

22 foreign language and area studies fellowships and 

23 National Resource Centers Program for Foreign 

24 Language and Area Studies or Foreign Language 

25 and International Studies). 


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1 (7) Section 604 (20 U.S.C. 1124; relating to 

2 undergraduate international studies and foreign lan3 guage). 

4 (8) Section 609 (20 U.S.C. 1128a; relating to 

5 American Overseas Research Centers). 

6 (9) Part B of title VI (20 U.S.C. 1130–1130b; 

7 relating to business and international education). 

8 (10) Subpart 1 of part A of title VI (20 U.S.C. 

9 1134 et seq.; relating to the Jacob K. Javits Fellow10 ships Program). 

11 (11) Chapter 2 of subpart 2 of part A of title 

12 VII (20 U.S.C. 1135–1135e; relating to graduate as13 sistance in areas of national need). 

14 (12) Part B of title VII (20 U.S.C. 1138 et 

15 seq.; relating to the Fund for the Improvement of 

16 Postsecondary Education). 

17 SEC. 303. REHABILITATION ACT PROGRAMS. 

18 (a) REPEALS.—The following provisions of the Reha19 bilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 701 et seq.) are repealed 

20 not later than one year after the date of enactment of this 

21 Act: 

22 (1) Section 303(c) (29 U.S.C. 773(c); relating 

23 to parent information and training programs). 

24 (2) Section 304 (29 U.S.C. 774; relating to the 

25 Migrant and Seasonal Farmworkers Program). 


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1 (3) Section 305 (29 U.S.C. 775; relating to rec2 reational programs). 

3 (4) Part A of title VI (29 U.S.C. 795 et seq.; 

4 relating to projects with industry). 

5 (b) SECOND YEAR REPEALS.—The following provi6 sions of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 701 

7 et seq.) are repealed two years after the date of enactment 

8 of this Act: 

9 (1) Section 12 (29 U.S.C. 709; relating to the 

10 Rehabilitation Act Program Improvement). 

11 (2) Section 202(k) (29 U.S.C. 762(k); relating 

12 to the Advanced Rehabilitation Research Training 

13 Project). 

14 SEC. 304. ADULT EDUCATION AND FAMILY LITERACY ACT. 

15 Title II of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity 

16 Act is repealed not later than 2 years after the date of 

17 enactment of this Act. 

18 SEC. 305. AMERICA COMPETES ACT. 

19 Title IV of the America COMPETES Act is repealed 

20 not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this 

21 Act. 


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1 SEC. 306. AMERICAN HISTORY AND CIVICS EDUCATION ACT 

2 OF 2004. 

3 Section 2 of the American History and Civics Edu4 cation Act of 2004 (Public Law 108–474) is amended not 

5 later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act. 

6 SEC. 307. AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT 

7 OF 2009. 

8 The following provisions of the American Recovery 

9 and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–5) are 

10 repealed not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 

11 of this Act: 

12 (1) Sections 14005 and 14006 of division A (re13 lating to Race to the Top). 

14 (2) Section 14007 of division A (relating to in15 vesting in innovation). 

16 SEC. 308. CARL D. PERKINS CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDU17 CATION ACT OF 2006. 

18 The following provisions of the Carl D. Perkins Act 

19 of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2321 et seq.) are repealed not later 

20 than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act: 

21 (1) Sections 111 through 113 (20 U.S.C. 2321 

22 et seq.). 

23 (2) Section 114 (20 U.S.C. 2324). 


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1 SEC. 309. ERMA BYRD SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM. 

2 The Erma Byrd Scholarship (Public Law 111–117; 

3 123 Stat. 3268) is repealed not later than 1 year after 

4 the date of enactment of this Act. 

5 SEC. 310. SMALL BUSINESS ACT. 

6 Sections 2 and 9 of the Small Business Act (15 

7 U.S.C. 631; 638; relating to small business innovation re8 search) are repealed not later than 2 years after the date 

9 of enactment of this Act. 

10 Subtitle B—Exemptions 

11 SEC. 321. EXEMPTIONS TO REPEAL. 

12 Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment 

13 of this Act, each competitive grant program administered 

14 by the Department of Education is repealed, except for 

15 the following programs: 

16 (1) CARL D. PERKINS CAREER AND TECHNICAL

17 EDUCATION ACT OF 2006.—Sections 116(h) and 117 

18 of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Edu19 cation Act of 2006 (20 U.S.C. 2326(h); 2327). 

20 (2) EDUCATION SCIENCES REFORM ACT OF

21 2002.—Part C of the Education Sciences Reform Act 

22 of 2002 (20 U.S.C. 9541 et seq.) 

23 (3) ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

24 ACT OF 1965.—The following provisions under the 

25 Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 

26 (20 U.S.C. 6301 et seq.): 


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1 (A) Sections 3111(c)(1)(A) and 3112 of 

2 subpart 1 of part A of title III (20 U.S.C. 

3 6821(c)(1)(A); 6822; relating to Native Amer4 ican and Alaska Native Children in School Pro5 gram). 

6 (B) Section 4121 (20 U.S.C. 7131; relat7 ing to the project school emergency response to 

8 violence). 

9 (C) Subpart 1 of part B of title V (20 

10 U.S.C. 7221 et seq.; relating to the charter 

11 school program). 

12 (D) Subpart 2 of part B of title V (20 

13 U.S.C. 7223; relating to credit enhancement for 

14 charter school facilities program). 

15 (E) Subpart 20 of part D of title V (20 

16 U.S.C. 7281 et seq.; relating to additional as17 sistance for certain local educational agencies 

18 impacted by Federal property acquisition). 

19 (F) Section 7121 (20 U.S.C. 7441; relat20 ing to Indian education—demonstration grants 

21 for Indian children). 

22 (G) Section 7122 (20 U.S.C. 7442; relat23 ing to Indian education—professional develop24 ment grants). 


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1 (H) Subpart 1 of part A of title VII (20 

2 U.S.C. 7421–7429; relating to Indian edu3 cation—Formula grants to local education 

4 agencies). 

5 (I) Part B of title VII (20 U.S.C. 7515; 

6 relating to Native Hawaiian Education Pro7 gram). 

8 (J) Part C of title VII (20 U.S.C. 7541 et 

9 seq.; commonly referred to as the ‘‘Alaska Na10 tive Educational Equity, Support, and Assist11 ance Act’’). 

12 (4) HIGHER EDUCATION ACT OF 1965.—The fol13 lowing provisions under the Higher Education Act of 

14 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001 et seq.): 

15 (A) Subparts 1 and 2 of part E of title III 

16 (20 U.S.C. 1067a et seq.; 1067g et seq.; relat17 ing to the Minority Science and Engineering 

18 Improvement Program). 

19 (B) Subpart 2 of part D of title VII (20 

20 U.S.C. 1140f et seq.; relating to transition pro21 grams for students with intellectual disabilities 

22 into higher education). 

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1 tive American Pacific Islander-serving institu2 tions). 

3 (D) Sections 311 through 315 (20 U.S.C. 

4 1057 et seq.; relating to strengthening institu5 tion programs). 

6 (E) Section 319 (20 U.S.C. 1059f; native 

7 American-serving, nontribal institutions). 

8 (F) Part B of title III (20 U.S.C. 1060 et 

9 seq.; relating to strengthening Historically 

10 Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). 

11 (G) Section 371 (20 U.S.C. 1067q; relat12 ing to strengthening predominantly black insti13 tutions). 

14 (5) INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES EDU15 CATION ACT.—The following provisions under the 

16 Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 

17 U.S.C. 1400 et seq.): 

18 (A) Part B (20 U.S.C. 1411; relating to 

19 grants to States). 

20 (B) Subpart 1 of part D (20 U.S.C. 1451 

21 et seq.). 

22 (C) Section 663 (20 U.S.C. 1463; relating 

23 to national activities). 

24 (D) Section 664 (20 U.S.C. 1464; relating 

25 to studies and evaluations). 


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1 (6) NATIONAL ASSESSMENT OF EDUCATION

2 PROGRESS AUTHORIZATION ACT.—The National As3 sessment of Education Progress Authorization Act 

4 (20 U.S.C. 9622 et seq.) 

5 (7) REHABILITATION ACT OF 1973.—The fol6 lowing provisions under the Rehabilitation Act of 

7 1973 (29 U.S.C. 701 et seq.): 

8 (A) Part C of title I (29 U.S.C. 741; relat9 ing to vocational rehabilitation services projects 

10 for American Indians with disabilities). 

11 (B) Sections 202 through 204 (29 U.S.C. 

12 762 et seq.; relating to the National Institute 

13 on Disability and Rehabilitation Research. 

14 (C) Section 302 of title III (29 U.S.C. 

15 772; relating to rehabilitation training). 

16 (D) Section 303(d) (29 U.S.C. 773(d); re17 lating to braille training). 

18 (E) Part C of chapter 1 of part C of title 

19 VII (29 U.S.C. 796f–796f–6; relating to centers 

20 for independent living). 

21 (8) SCHOLARSHIPS FOR OPPORTUNITY AND RE22 SULTS ACT.—The Scholarships for Opportunity and 

23 Results Act (Division C of Public Law 112–10). 


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1 TITLE IV—REDUCTION OF DE2 PARTMENT OF EDUCATION 

3 WORKFORCE 

4 SEC. 401. REDUCTION. 

5 Not later than 1 year after a program under this Act 

6 is repealed, the Secretary of Education shall— 

7 (1) identify the number of full-time equivalent 

8 employee positions associated with the program; and 

9 (2) reduce the workforce of the Department of 

10 Education by the number of such positions. 

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