Republican senator introduces bill to abolish US Department of Education

Mike Rounds submitted bill that needs supermajority to pass, unlikely even in GOP-controlled Senate next year

A bill that would accomplish Donald Trump's goal of abolishing the federal Department of Education has been introduced into the US Senate.

The Republican senator Mike Rounds of South Dakota introduced the bill, called the Returning Education to Our States Act, on Thursday. If passed, the bill would see $200bn in funding and the work of the education department redistributed to other federal agencies and states.