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1. 319 Eliminate the federal Department of Education Needs Congress Not started
2. 320 Block-grant federal education funds to states without strings Needs Congress Not started
3. 323 Expire national emergency declarations after 60 days absent Congress Needs Congress Not started
4. 325 Cut OESE programs and transfer the rest to other agencies Needs Congress Not started
5. 325 Transfer Title I, Part A to HHS as a no-strings block grant Needs Congress Not started
6. 326 Return Title I revenue responsibility to states over 10 years Needs Congress Not started
7. 326 Eliminate Impact Aid not tied to students Needs Congress Not started
8. 326 Move student-driven Impact Aid to DoDEA or Bureau of Indian Education Needs Congress Not started
9. 326 Transfer all Indian education programs to the Bureau of Indian Education Needs Congress Not started
10. 326 Expand the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program and move it to HHS Needs Congress Not started
11. 326 Block-grant or eliminate all other OESE programs Needs Congress Not started
12. 326 Transfer Career, Technical, and Adult Education programs to Labor Needs Congress Not started
13. 326 Move Tribally Controlled Postsecondary CTE Program to Indian Education Needs Congress Not started
14. 326 Convert most IDEA funding into a no-strings block grant run by HHS Needs Congress Not started
15. 327 Transfer Native American Vocational Rehabilitation Grants to BIE Needs Congress Not started
16. 327 Phase out earmarks for special institutions under OSERS Needs Congress Not started
17. 327 Move OSERS disability discrimination enforcement to DOJ Needs Congress Not started
18. 327 Eliminate or move Office of Postsecondary Education programs to Labor Needs Congress Not started
19. 327 Block-grant institutional funding, narrowed to HBCUs and tribal colleges Needs Congress Not started
20. 327 Move national-security-related education programs to the State Department Needs Congress Not started
21. 327 Move the National Center for Education Statistics to the Census Bureau Needs Congress Not started
22. 327 Spin off Federal Student Aid into a new government corporation Needs Congress Not started
23. 330 Pass a Department of Education Reorganization Act Needs Congress Not started
24. 330 Assign federal student loans to the Treasury Department Needs Congress Not started
25. 330 Move the Office for Civil Rights to DOJ, enforcing only via litigation Needs Congress Not started
26. 330 Let staff of closing ED offices transfer to other agencies Not started
27. 331 Review Biden-era education regulations, school meals, and IDR rules Not started
28. 331 Rescind the new Charter School Program grant requirements Not started
29. 332 Rescind the 'nonbinary' category in the Civil Rights Data Collection Not started
30. 332 Rescind the borrower defense, closed school, and PSLF regulations Not started
31. 332 Rescind Dear Colleague Letters GEN 22-11 and GEN 22-10 Not started
32. 333 Bar funding or enforcement of Biden's Title IX regulations Needs Congress Not started
33. 333 Rescind Biden Title IX rules and restore the 2020 DeVos regulations Day one Not started
34. 333 Amend Title IX to add due process and define sex as biological Needs Congress Not started
35. 333 Restore due process protections for those accused under Title IX Not started
36. 334 Abandon the SOGI redefinition of 'sex' across all departments Not started
37. 334 Review all Title IX investigations premised on gender identity Not started
38. 334 Drop ongoing Title IX gender identity investigations and notify districts Not started
39. 334 Have OCR report its actions and publicize prior overreach Not started
40. 334 State that FERPA gives parents full access to education records Not started
41. 335 Review all Title VI cases for disparate impact allegations Not started
42. 335 Review all OCR resolution agreements with school districts Not started
43. 335 Issue joint ED-DOJ guidance ending disparate-impact Title VI cases Not started
44. 335 Rescind any Biden guidance or regulation on school discipline Not started
45. 335 Issue a rule stating Title VI has no disparate impact standard Not started
46. 336 Rescind the Equity in IDEA regulation Not started
47. 336 Have OSERS send state leaders a research digest on disproportionality Not started
48. 337 Bar USDA from withholding funds over SOGI in Title IX administration Not started
49. 337 Phase out all existing income-driven repayment plans Not started
50. 338 Publish student achievement data by family structure Not started
51. 338 House higher education data at the Department of Labor Not started
52. 340 Amend the HEA to eliminate the negotiated rulemaking requirement Needs Congress Not started
53. 340 End the payment pause and HEA loan forgiveness abuses Not started
54. 340 Rescind or modify the prior Administration's HEA regulations Not started
55. 342 Rescind the National Education Association's congressional charter Needs Congress Not started
56. 342 Hold hearings on NEA use of federal taxpayer money Needs Congress Not started
57. 342 Ban compelled speech in federally controlled schools Not started
58. 343 Bar race-based punishment or benefits in federal K-12 systems Needs Congress Not started
59. 343 Add a compelled-speech prohibition to federal civil rights laws Needs Congress Not started
60. 344 Pass a federal Parents' Bill of Rights with strict scrutiny Needs Congress Not started
61. 344 Require agencies to meet strict scrutiny in rules touching parental rights Not started
62. 345 Amend FERPA and PPRA to create a private right of action Needs Congress Not started
63. 345 Prioritize the Empowering Parents Act and Parents' Bill of Rights Act Needs Congress Not started
64. 346 Bar federal-jurisdiction schools from using non-birth-certificate names Needs Congress Not started
65. 346 Bar school staff from using pronouns not matching a student's sex Needs Congress Not started
66. 346 Protect employees from compelled pronoun use against their beliefs Needs Congress Not started
67. 347 Open D.C. Opportunity Scholarships to all students and raise the award Needs Congress Not started
68. 347 Deregulate the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program Needs Congress Not started
69. 347 Give D.C. students education savings accounts Needs Congress Not started
70. 348 Create education savings accounts for Bureau of Indian Education students Needs Congress Not started
71. 349 Move IDEA oversight and implementation to HHS Needs Congress Not started
72. 349 Revise IDEA to make each child's federal funds available to families Needs Congress Not started
73. 349 Let families spend IDEA funds on tutors, therapies, and textbooks Needs Congress Not started
74. 350 Update Title I of ESEA to make funds portable to families Needs Congress Not started
75. 350 Give Title I students micro-education savings accounts Needs Congress Not started
76. 351 Enact the Educational Choice for Children Act scholarship tax credit Needs Congress Not started
77. 351 Let states opt out of federal K-12 programs under ESEA Needs Congress Not started
78. 352 Bar accreditors from mandating DEI policies Needs Congress Not started
79. 352 Bar accreditors from intruding on state institutions' governance Needs Congress Not started
80. 352 Bar accreditors from undermining faith-based institutions Needs Congress Not started
81. 353 End ED's monopoly by letting states recognize accreditors Needs Congress Not started
82. 353 Amend the HEA to remove accreditors from the program triad Needs Congress Not started
83. 353 Privatize all federal student lending programs Needs Congress Not started
84. 354 Switch federal loan accounting from FCRA to fair-value Needs Congress Not started
85. 354 Consolidate all federal loan programs into one new program Needs Congress Not started
86. 354 Eliminate Grad PLUS and Parent PLUS loans Needs Congress Not started
87. 354 Terminate the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program Needs Congress Not started
88. 354 Strip the Secretary's power to cancel or forgive Title IV loans Needs Congress Not started
89. 354 Limit borrower defense discharges to proven institutional fraud Needs Congress Not started
90. 355 Cap the indirect cost rate paid to universities Needs Congress Not started
91. 355 Refuse recognition to accreditors that abuse their power Not started
92. 355 Encourage new accreditors to start up Not started
93. 355 Enforce HEA Section 117 foreign gift reporting Not started
94. 356 Investigate and refer Section 117 violators to DOJ Not started
95. 356 Tie foreign gift reporting to eligibility for federal aid Needs Congress Not started
96. 356 Clarify 'regular and substantive interaction' by regulation Not started
97. 356 Wind down Title VI 'area studies' programs at universities Needs Congress Not started
98. 356 Direct 40 percent of Title VI funds to international business programs Not started
99. 357 Require notice and comment for the OCR Case Processing Manual Not started
100. 357 Require First Amendment assurances on federal grant applications Not started
101. 357 End degree requirements for federal jobs that don't need them Not started
102. 357 Remove the archived Title IX religious exemption 'list of shame' Not started
103. 358 Make FERPA and PPRA complaint handling transparent Not started
104. 358 Build a parent portal on FERPA and PPRA rights Not started
105. 358 Issue an executive order expanding allowable D.C. OSP accreditors Not started
106. 358 Repeal the D.C. Opportunity Scholarship accreditation requirements Needs Congress Not started
107. 358 Order an accounting of DEI/CRT/gender ideology in federal programs Not started
108. 358 Order a review of GEAR UP and 21st Century grant outcomes Not started
109. 359 Reissue the 2018 school safety report with updated information Not started
110. 359 Report to Congress on consolidating ED and trimming staff Not started
111. 359 Report on the influence of action civics on students Not started
112. 359 Update the Coleman report on family structure and achievement Not started
113. 359 Account fully for CARES Act education expenditures Not started
114. 359 Report how many federal education dollars reach the classroom Not started
115. 359 Pursue antitrust action against college accreditors Not started
116. 360 Eliminate the Department of Education's competitive grant programs Needs Congress Not started
117. 361 Cut remaining ED formula grant programs by 10 percent Needs Congress Not started
118. 361 End time-based and occupation-based student loan forgiveness Needs Congress Not started
119. 361 Eliminate GEAR UP Needs Congress Not started

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