Less Bureaucracy, Better Higher Education Act

This bill moves the responsibility for many college and university programs from the Department of Education to the Department of Labor's Employment and Training Administration. It also gets rid of several specific programs, including the Leveraging Educational Assistance Partnership Program, the Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholarship Program, the College Access Challenge Grant Program, and Project GRAD. The staff and funding connected to the transferred programs would also move to the Department of Labor, but the Office of Management and Budget must make sure that the total number of employees across both departments does not increase as a result. Any ongoing legal cases or pending applications for benefits related to these programs would not be affected by the changes.

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