As the United States approaches the one-year anniversary of COVID-19 lockdowns being imposed across the nation, Democrats and their allies in the teachers unions continue to falsely claim that schools can’t be reopened safely. Thankfully, millions of parents on both sides of the political spectrum are beginning to see through these lies.

On behalf of FreedomWorks’ activist community, I urge you to contact your representative and ask him or her to cosponsor the Student Loan Reform Act, H.R. 1586, introduced by Rep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.). This bill would establish a program under which colleges and universities can cosign all eligible direct loans made to their students in exchange for the ability to offer lower interest rates on such loans. Allowing for institutions of higher learning to cosign student loans presents a much-needed market-based solution to the student debt crisis by incentivizing such institutions to take more responsibility for their students’ futures while also encouraging students to choose higher education paths more wisely and seek degrees that institutions stand behind.

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THIS LEGISLATIVE SESSION, which kicks off in Florida in less than two weeks, legislators should, and in areas are poised to, continue their state's leadership on principles of free markets in critical areas.

On behalf of FreedomWorks’ activist community, I urge you to contact your senators and ask them to cosponsor legislation to terminate the Department of Education, S. 323. Introduced by Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), this bill would do one simple thing -- return decision-making on public education back to where it belongs: states and local communities.

On behalf of our activist community, I urge you to contact your representative and senators and ask them to cosponsor the Student Empowerment Act, H.R. 605 and S. 44. Introduced by Rep. Jason Smith (R-Mo.) and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), the Student Empowerment Act would further expand 529 education savings accounts to include K-12 elementary and secondary school expenses for public, private, and religious schools, including homeschool students.

On behalf of FreedomWorks’ activist community, I urge you to contact your representative and ask him or her to cosponsor legislation to terminate the Department of Education, H.R. 899. Introduced by Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.), this bill would do one simple thing -- return decision-making on public education back to where it belongs: states and local communities.

On behalf of FreedomWorks’ activist community, I urge you to contact your representative and senators and ask them to cosponsor the Academic Partnerships Lead Us to Success (A PLUS) Act, H.R. 513 and S. 106. Introduced by Rep. Ted Budd (R-N.C.) and Sen. Steve Daines (R-Mont.), the A PLUS Act would allow states to opt out of onerous Obama- and Bush-era federal education requirements.