Chairman Kline outlined the following priorities for the 112th Congress:

• Giving employers the certainty, flexibility, and freedom to create jobs;
• Conducting robust oversight of education and workforce programs across the federal government to protect students, families, workers, and retirees;
• Modernizing and streamlining training programs to help job-seekers get back to work; and
• Pursuing education reform that restores local control, empowers parents, lets teachers teach, and protects taxpayers.

Kline is also looking to increase the Committee’s oversight of the U.S. Department of Education and pursue piecemeal legislation to improve existing education, as opposed to enacting comprehensive legislation. He also supports the federal government’s full commitment to special education under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.