Multiple laws say the Education Department is responsible for overseeing funding and services for children with disabilities. Shifting that to another agency would require an act of Congress, several experts said.
Legally, only Congress has the power to eliminate the department. But the Trump administration recently laid off nearly half its staff.
COVID closures left students behind and made school feel optional. They also ushered in a technological explosion.
The layoffs represent a significant escalation of Trump’s efforts to reduce the department’s role in education
The executive order would be the culmination of the president’s attacks on the agency that date back to his 2016 campaign.
Linda McMahon says the department should refrain from ‘overreach’ and return power to states. President Donald Trump has vowed to dismantle the agency.
Now confirmed as education secretary, the ex-pro wrestling executive must grapple with a slippery task: overhaul an agency that Trump says he wants to dismantle.
The conservative group’s new training program seeks to drive activism against social and emotional learning in schools.
Trump’s Education Department threatened the federal funding of schools and colleges with diversity practices.
The Trump administration has said it’s cutting waste in education research. Families and schools have a different take.