Less than an hour before Betsy DeVos was confirmed as the new Secretary of Education, Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) proposed a bill to abolish the whole department.

On Tuesday, Massie introduced H.R. 899, to abolish the federal Department of Education on December 31, 2018.

“Neither Congress nor the President, through his appointees, has the constitutional authority to dictate how and what our children must learn," Massie said in a statement. "Unelected bureaucrats in Washington, D.C. should not be in charge of our children’s intellectual and moral development. States and local communities are best positioned to shape curricula that meet the needs of their students. Schools should be accountable. Parents have the right to choose the most appropriate educational opportunity for their children, including home school, public school, or private school."

Massie insists that education should be handled at the state level and not in the hands of unelected bureaucrats in Washington D.C. "It's time that we get the feds out of the classroom, and terminate the Department of Education," he continued in the statement.

Getting rid of the Department of Education has long been a dream of conservatives including former President Ronald Reagan who campaigned on the issue in 1980.

To galvanize the movement, Massie is using the hashtag #EndFedEd.