Trump signs executive order to dismantle US Department of Education!
US President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday calling for the dismantling of the US Department of Education. The move fulfills a promise made by the 47th US president during his 2024 campaign. Trump has derided the agency as wasteful and tainted by liberal ideology.
The order states that Education Secretary Linda McMahon "shall, to the maximum extent appropriate and permitted by law, take all necessary steps to ease the closure of the Department of Education and return authority over education to States and local communities."
He offered no details on how that work would be done or where it would be focused, though the White House said the agency would retain some critical functions. Trump said his administration would close the department beyond “essential needs ,” while maintaining its responsibilities for Title I, a federal program that supports low-income students in obtaining high-quality elementary and secondary education funding, Pell grants and money for children with disabilities.
The White House said earlier Thursday that the department would continue to manage federal student loans, but the order appears to say otherwise. It says the Education Department lacks the staff to oversee its $1.6 trillion loan portfolio and "should return banking functions to an entity equipped to serve America's students."
At a signing ceremony, Trump blamed the department for America’s lagging academic performance and said states would do a better job. “ That’s not doing us any good, ” he said. Already, the Trump administration has dismantled the agency. Its workforce is being cut in half, and there have been deep cuts to the Office for Civil Rights and the Institute for Education Sciences, which collects data on the nation’s academic progress.
McMahon said she would cut red tape and empower states to decide what's best for their schools. But she promised to continue essential services and work with states and Congress " to ensure a lawful and orderly transition."
“The Department of Justice already has an office for civil rights, and I think there is an opportunity to discuss with Attorney General Bondi about locating some of our civil rights work there, ” McMahon told reporters after the signing.
The move was celebrated by groups that have long called for the department to be abolished. But advocates for public schools said eliminating the department would set children back in a fundamentally unequal education system. “This is a dark day for millions of American children who depend on federal funding for a quality education, including those in poor and rural communities whose parents voted for Trump,” said Derrick Johnson, president of the NAACP.
Dismantling the agency would likely be impossible without an act of Congress, which created the department in 1979. Republicans have said they will introduce legislation to do so, while Democrats have quickly lined up to oppose the idea. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer called the order a " tyrannical power grab" and "one of the most destructive and destructive steps Donald Trump has ever taken," vowing to fight the order forcefully.
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