Since taking office in January, President Donald Trump He has quickly resorted to the deployment or completely dismantling various government programs and policies. Now, he seems ready to fulfill a campaign promise to eliminate everything Department of educationa potentially devastating and probably illegal movement.
Trump writes orders for the closing of the Department of Education
NPR On Wednesday, he reported that he had obtained a copy draft of an order that the White House recently directed by the Secretary of Education confirmed Linda McMahon to “take all the necessary measures to facilitate the closure of the Department of Education”. The note refers to the Department of Education as a “North -American Education Control experiment through federal programs and dollars” that has “failed our children”. The agency has received more than $ 1 trillion since its inception with little results, according to Trump.
McmahonAn executive of World Wrestling Entertainment and Trump Associate, he served as head of the administration of small businesses in the first term of Trump. She was collided to be Secretary of Education in early 2025 and was confirmed by the Senate Monday. Later that day, according to a memory The staff of the Department of Education urges them to support the dismantling of the agency for which they work. According to reports, he described the dismantling of the agency as the “final mission” of the Department.
Despite the potential impact, Trump promotes the agenda to dismantle federal programs
According to one item For the National Education Association, the elimination of the Department of Education could adversely affect millions of students by increasing the costs of education, jeopardizing programs for students with disabilities and reducing civil rights protections. However, as Nuggery Previously informed, Republicans have been running the Department of Education for some time, with Trump promising during the 2024 campaign to eliminate the Agency completely. The head of the Government Efficiency Department, Elon Musk, also supports this movement. Trump has previously taken movements against the Department of Education as part of his largest agenda of cutting federal programs, such as suspending the diversity of the department, heritage and inclusion.
Legally, the removal of the Department would exceed Trump’s authority, as the Department of Education was created by Congress In 1979 and it can only be abolished with the authorization of Congress. But Trump has already used his executive branch to virtually eliminate whole federal agencies Usaid and to seriously reduce funding between government programs. The Supreme Court recently pounded the brakes in one of Trump’s movements, ordering the President to release about $ 2 billion in foreign aid money, which was frozen as part of his pause in federal aid.
Despite the budget of the courts and the need for Congress, Trump and its subordinate faithfuls seem ready to do so as much as they can escape to climb or eliminate the Department of Education and other agencies. In doing so, I would fulfill a promise of campaign, but would adversely affect students across the country in the process.
