This measure expresses support for public K–12 schools and says the federal Department of Education is important to our education system. It opposes taking public school money and sending it to privately run K–12 schools, such as through vouchers . It also condemns efforts to defund public education or weaken or dismantle the Department of Education .

It rejects claims that the executive branch can shut down or move the Department of Education, cut federal education funding, block federal education grants, or shift federal education costs onto states and local districts .

• Who is affected: Students, families, teachers, and local public schools that rely on federal support
• What changes: States a clear position to keep federal support for public schools and not divert those funds to private K–12 schools; opposes attempts to reduce or reroute federal education funding or to dismantle the Department of Education fileciteturn0file1turn0file0
• When: Upon adoption, it communicates Congress’s stance on these issues