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State of South Dakota
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NINETY-FOURTH SESSION LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY, 2019 |
| 715B0797 | SENATE EDUCATION ENGROSSED NO. HCR 1006 - 3/5/2019 |
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Introduced by: Representatives Howard, Beal, Brunner, Dennert, Frye-Mueller, Glanzer,
Goodwin, Gross, Jensen (Kevin), Johnson (Chris), Latterell, Livermont,
Marty, Mills, Miskimins, Mulally, Otten (Herman), Pischke, Qualm,
Randolph, Rasmussen, Steele, Weis, and Willadsen and Senators Nelson,
Blare, Bolin, DiSanto, Greenfield (Brock), Jensen (Phil), Maher, Russell,
Stalzer, Steinhauer, and Sutton
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A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION, Instructing South Dakota's congressional representatives
to support an effort in Congress to terminate the U.S. Department of Education.
WHEREAS, neither the Congress nor the President, through his appointees, has the
authority under the United States Constitution to dictate how and what children must learn in
school; and
WHEREAS, the U.S. Department of Education was established in 1979 as a political move
to assist in the re-election bid of James Earl Carter, Jr.; and
WHEREAS, the Republican Party takes a position against federal involvement in education,
stating in their platform: "The federal government should not be a partner in that effort, as the
Constitution gives it no role in education," and further rejects ".the dark view of the individual
as human capital - a possession for the creation of another's wealth"; and
WHEREAS, the U.S. Department of Education employs over four thousand five hundred
bureaucrats whose salaries average one hundred five thousand dollars per year; and
WHEREAS, the U.S. Department of Education exercises dictatorial control over state and
local schools through controversial, expensive, and experimental education schemes, such as
No Child Left Behind, Race to the Top, the Common Core Standards and the recent Every
Student Succeeds Act; and
WHEREAS, the intellectual and moral development of South Dakota children should not
be determined by unelected bureaucrats in Washington, D.C.; and
WHEREAS, states and local communities are best positioned to design curricula that meet
the needs of local students; and
WHEREAS, Senator Mike Rounds spoke against the necessity of the federal Department
of Education during his 2014 campaign:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the House of Representatives of the Ninety-Fourth Legislature of the State of South Dakota, the Senate concurring therein, that the United
States Congress pass H.R.899, as introduced by Congressman Thomas Massie of Kentucky's
Fourth Congressional District in the 116th Congress; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that copies of this resolution be formally transmitted to the
speaker and clerk of the United States House of Representatives, to the president pro tempore
and the secretary of the United States Senate, and to the members of the South Dakota
congressional delegation.
