Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., told Newsmax Tuesday that his plan to dissolve the Department of Education will save taxpayers up to $1.3 billion annually in administrative expenses.

His bill, the Returning Education to Our States Act, calls for the elimination of what he called “one of the most hated departments in government” within 180 days of its enactment.

“Well, before 1979, the Department of Education did not exist, but a number of programs did,” Rounds told “Rob Schmitt Tonight,” adding that former President Jimmy Carter established the DOE to consolidate various education programs into a single federal bureaucracy.

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