Last week, the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (Labor-H) held a hearing to discuss investments in elementary education. Testimony was heard from Ms. Ginny Gentles, Director, Defense of Freedom Institute for Policy Studies; Dr. Lindsey Burke, Director, Education Policy, The Heritage Foundation and author of the education section of Project 2025; Mr. Robert Kim, Executive Director, Education Law Center; and Ms. Starlee Coleman, CEO, National Alliance for Public Charter Schools. School choice, student performance, special education funding, and block grants to allocate federal education funding to states all emerged as major topics. Dr. Burke specifically recommended that oversight of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and Title I should move to Health and Human Services (HHS), data collection for the National Assessment of Education Progress (NAEP) to the Census Bureau, and Indian Education programs to the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA). Mr. Kim reminded the committee that block granting Title I and IDEA funding (and freeing states of key federal requirements) would jeopardize students’ free and fair access to public education. He also urged that due to our nation’s history, students with disabilities would be particularly vulnerable