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Interview with Texas State Representative Nate Schatzline on Education Policy and Legislative Priorities

Published March 28, 2025 | Video Starts at 00:38

The federal Department of Education is actually relatively new. Most people don't even know that the cabinet level position was created by Jimmy Carter in 1979. And In 1980, President Ronald Reagan actually campaigned off the idea of eliminating [the Department of Education] because we believe in local control. And so sending this back to the states just gives our local isds more power. (00:38–00:48)

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Asserts that Ronald Reagan campaigned to eliminate the Department of Education in 1980.

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