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Send federal education money to states as block grants with no strings

Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise, chapter 11, p. 320. Written by Lindsey M. Burke.

Send federal education money to states as block grants with no strings

The document says “shouldWho acts: CongressHow: legislationp. 320 in the PDF
What the document says

“those funds should be blockgranted to states without strings, eliminating the need for many federal and state bureaucrats”

Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise, p. 320

The chapter argues that federal money comes with rules that raise the cost of education without raising achievement, and that funding and policymaking should eventually happen at state and local level. It asks that existing funding be sent to states as grants they can put toward any lawful education purpose under state law.

What the document actually says

“those funds should be blockgranted to states without strings, eliminating the need for many federal and state bureaucrats”

Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise, p. 320
That sentence, in plain words

Send the money to the states in one lump. Attach no rules to it.

What this is about

Federal school money comes with many rules. The book says the rules do not help. It wants the money sent to states with no strings.

What has happened
Partly matches

Improving Education Outcomes by Empowering Parents, States, and Communities

2025-03-20 · 90 FR 13679

Addresses the chapter's subject of returning control to states. Whether it produces the no-strings block grants the chapter asked for is not established by the order alone.

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