the people and a Federal Department of Education 
is inconsistent with such principles. 
(2) Tradition and experience dictate that the 
governance and management of schools in the 
United States are best performed by parents, teach-
ers, and communities. 
(3) The education of the Nation’s students is 
suffering under a managerial government. 
(4) The Department of Education has weak-
ened the ability of parents to make essential deci-
sions about their children’s education and has un-
dermined the capacity of communities to govern 
their schools. 
(5) In the 34 years of its existence, the Depart-
ment of Education has grown from a budget of $14 
billion to almost $65.7 billion in annual discre-
tionary appropriations administering around 100 
programs. Meanwhile, education performance for 17- 
year olds has stagnated since 1971. 
(6) The Department of Education has fostered 
over-regulation, standardization, bureaucratization, 
and litigation in United States education. 
(7) The Department of Education expends 
large amounts of money on its own maintenance and 
overhead. While the average salary for public school 
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teachers is around $56,000, the average salary for 
a Department of Education employee is $108,571. 
(8) Recent tests reflect poor results in mathe-
matics, science, and reading for American students 
compared with students from other nations. 
(9) Only through initiatives led by parents and 
local communities with the power to act can the 
United States elevate educational performance to-
ward an acceptable level. 
(10) The current system of top down education 
uniformity is detrimental to local businesses and 
communities, the economic needs of the states, and 
the Nation’s ability to compete globally for jobs. 
(11) The Department of Education has been 
hostile to many promising reform ideas or empow-
ering parents, teachers, and local communities. The 
United States, once a laboratory of innovation 
through the experiments of the States, is moving to-
ward education standardization that does not con-
sider the individual educational needs of our diverse 
population of students. 
SEC. 3. ABOLITION OF DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION. 
The Department of Education is abolished, and, with 
the exception of the programs transferred under section 
7, any program for which the Secretary of Education or 
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the Department of Education has administrative responsi-
bility as provided by law or by delegation of authority pur-
suant to law is repealed, including each program under 
the following: 
(1) The Department of Education Organization 
Act (20 U.S.C. 3401 et seq.). 
(2) The General Education Provisions Act (20 
U.S.C. 1221 et seq.). 
SEC. 4. GRANTS TO STATES FOR ELEMENTARY AND SEC-
ONDARY AND FOR POSTSECONDARY EDU-
CATION PROGRAMS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the requirements of 
this title, each State is entitled to receive from the Sec-
retary of the Treasury, by not later than July 1 of the 
preceding fiscal year— 
(1) a grant for fiscal year 2015 and each suc-
ceeding fiscal year through fiscal year 2024, that is 
equal to the amount of funds appropriated for the 
State for Federal elementary school and secondary 
school programs for fiscal year 2012 (except for the 
funds appropriated for fiscal year 2012 for such pro-
grams for such State that are being transferred 
under section 7); and 
(2) a grant for fiscal year 2015 and each suc-
ceeding fiscal year through fiscal year 2024, that is 
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equal to the amount of funds appropriated for the 
State for Federal postsecondary education programs 
for fiscal year 2012 (except for the funds appro-
priated for fiscal year 2012 for such programs for 
such State that are being transferred under section 
7). 
(b) APPROPRIATION.—Out of any money in the 
Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, 
there are appropriated for fiscal years 2015 through 2024, 
such sums as are necessary for grants under subsection 
(a). 
(c) REQUIREMENTS RELATING
TO INTERGOVERN-
MENTAL FINANCING.—The Secretary of the Treasury 
shall make the transfer of funds under grants under sub-
section (a) directly to each State in accordance with the 
requirements of section 6503 of title 31, United States 
Code. 
(d) EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS.—Amounts received by 
a State under this section for any fiscal year shall be ex-
pended by the State in such fiscal year or in the suc-
ceeding fiscal year. 
(e) USE OF FUNDS.—Funds made available to a 
State— 
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(1) under subsection (a)(1), shall be used by 
the State for any elementary or secondary education 
purpose permitted by State law; and 
(2) under subsection (a)(2), shall be used by 
the State for any postsecondary education purpose 
permitted by State law. 
(f) SUPPLEMENT, NOT SUPPLANT.—A grant received 
under subsection (a) shall only be used to supplement the 
amount of funds that would, in the absence of such grant, 
be made available from non-Federal sources for elemen-
tary school and secondary school programs or postsec-
ondary education programs, and not to supplant those 
funds. 
SEC. 5. ADMINISTRATIVE AND FISCAL ACCOUNTABILITY. 
(a) AUDITS.— 
(1) CONTRACT WITH APPROVED AUDITING EN-
TITY.—Not later than October 1, 2015, and annu-
ally thereafter, a State shall contract with an ap-
proved auditing entity (as defined under paragraph 
(3)(B)) for purposes of conducting an audit under 
paragraph (2) (with respect to the fiscal year ending 
September 30 of such year). 
(2) AUDIT REQUIREMENT.—Under a contract 
under paragraph (1), an approved auditing entity 
shall conduct an audit of the expenditures or trans-
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