I believe we must commit ourselves to an education system that empowers parents, teachers, and local administrators. Our education system succeeds when the education dollars and decisions are made close to home.
Support an education system that empowers parents, teachers, and local administrators, with education dollars and decisions made close to home.
Occurrences
Evidence
Under "Improving Education," the page says: "I believe we must commit ourselves to an education system that empowers parents, teachers, and local administrators. Our education system succeeds when the education dollars and decisions are made close to home."
GovInfo shows that Rep. Diaz-Balart introduced H.R. 1005, the EAGLES Act of 2023, and that it was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee on Education and the Workforce. The bill title and references place the measure in the school-safety/education space.
GovInfo states that Diaz-Balart introduced H.R. 4111, the School Guardian Act of 2023, whose full title is "To provide block grants to assign armed law enforcement officers to elementary and secondary schools."
The press release says the FY2026 appropriations bills included "language directing" federal agencies to notify states, localities, Tribes, and school districts about STOP School Violence funding and to provide microgrants for school districts, including rural, Tribal, and low-resourced schools.
"Bryan's artwork, titled 'Horse,' was selected from among 139 entries submitted by students from 21 participating schools. His piece will be displayed for one year at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C." The page is tagged Issues: Education and frames the contest as part of the district's education-related youth programs.
Assessments
Diaz-Balart has materially supported local-control education-adjacent policies, including introducing school safety block-grant legislation and using FY2026 appropriations language to direct resources and notice toward school districts and local recipients. However, the evidence does not show full delivery of the broader promised outcome of an education system where education dollars and decisions are generally made close to home; key bills cited were introduced/referred rather than enacted, and the appropriations evidence is narrower school-safety funding rather than systemic education governance reform.
Diaz-Balart took concrete actions consistent with the promise's local-control education framing, including introducing school-safety block grant legislation and supporting FY2026 appropriations language aimed at directing resources to school districts and local recipients. However, the evidence does not show that he delivered a broad education system in which education dollars and decisions were generally shifted close to home; the cited bills were limited in scope and at least some did not become law. This supports partial fulfillment rather than full delivery.