Less Bureaucracy, Better K–12 Education Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 9610 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 9610 To ensure the Secretary of Labor will manage elementary and secondary education programs, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 9, 2026 Mr. Harris of North Carolina introduced the following bill; which was 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 _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To ensure the Secretary of Labor will manage elementary and secondary education programs, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Less Bureaucracy, Better K-12 Education Act''. SEC. 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 p