U.S. Rep. Barry Moore, R-Wiregrass, is among six co-sponsors of a House bill to eliminate the U.S. Department of Education — an agency he said pushes “indoctrination schemes of radical anti-American ideas.”

The bill co-sponsored by Moore would directly fund elementary and secondary education in the states with the money normally budget for the Education Department.

“The Department of Education is a nest of radical D.C. activists masquerading as educators pushing indoctrination schemes of radical anti-American ideas. For our children’s protection, it must be abolished,” Moore said in a statement. “Across our country, we have seen taxpayer dollars used to expose children to radical gender and race ideologies without the consent of their parents. The education of our children should not belong to the federal government – it is time to return those rights to parents.”

The co-sponsors of the bill include U.S. Reps. Marjorie Taylor Green, R-Ga., and Matt Gaetz, R-Fla.

Among the reasons Moore cited for the rationale behind the legislation is the DOE’s expansion of its discrimination policy to include gender identity and sexual orientation.

“Schools cannot require students to change the gender marker on IDs or show evidence of medical treatment in order to be treated based on gender identity, and this can be done without the consent of their parents,” the congressman said.